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Suppurative thyroiditis

MedGen UID:
21550
•Concept ID:
C0040150
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Acute Infectious Thyroiditides; Acute Infectious Thyroiditis; Acute Suppurative Thyroiditides; Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis; Infectious Thyroiditides; Infectious Thyroiditides, Acute; Infectious Thyroiditis; Infectious Thyroiditis, Acute; Suppurative Thyroiditides; Suppurative Thyroiditides, Acute; Suppurative Thyroiditis; Suppurative Thyroiditis, Acute; Thyroiditides, Acute Infectious; Thyroiditides, Acute Suppurative; Thyroiditides, Infectious; Thyroiditides, Suppurative; Thyroiditis, Acute Infectious; Thyroiditis, Acute Suppurative; Thyroiditis, Infectious; Thyroiditis, Suppurative
SNOMED CT: Acute suppurative thyroiditis (25476006); Infectious thyroiditis (3511005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001947

Definition

Thyroiditis due to a bacterial infection. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSuppurative thyroiditis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of pediatric head and neck infections in the emergency department.
Abudinen-Vasquez S, Marin MN
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2020 Nov;17(11):1-24. Epub 2020 Nov 2 PMID: 33105074
Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Thyroiditis: differential diagnosis and management.
Slatosky J, Shipton B, Wahba H
Am Fam Physician 2000 Feb 15;61(4):1047-52, 1054. PMID: 10706157

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Management of thyroid gland abscess.
García Callejo J, Redondo Martínez J, Civera M, Verdú Colomina J, Pellicer Zoghbi V, Martínez Beneyto MP
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed) 2019 Mar-Apr;70(2):61-67. Epub 2018 Jun 9 doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2018.01.005. PMID: 29891396
Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis.
Samuels MH
Med Clin North Am 2012 Mar;96(2):223-33. Epub 2012 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.01.003. PMID: 22443972
Thyroiditis: differential diagnosis and management.
Slatosky J, Shipton B, Wahba H
Am Fam Physician 2000 Feb 15;61(4):1047-52, 1054. PMID: 10706157
Thyroid abscess.
Rohondia OS, Koti RS, Majumdar PP, Vijaykumar T, Bapat RD
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):52-4. PMID: 10707713

Diagnosis

Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis in Children: Clinical Decision-Making.
Gómez S, Mora C, López de Suso D, Escalada Pellitero S, Aragón P, Parrón M, Bartolomé-Benito M, Sanz-Santaeufemia FJ, Méndez-Echevarría A
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2023 Oct 1;42(10):e384-e388. Epub 2023 Jul 5 doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004024. PMID: 37406270
Suppurative thyroiditis: Systematic review and clinical guidance.
Lafontaine N, Learoyd D, Farrel S, Wong R
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2021 Aug;95(2):253-264. Epub 2021 Mar 2 doi: 10.1111/cen.14440. PMID: 33559162
Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis.
Desai P, Mbachi C, Singh A
J Am Osteopath Assoc 2020 Nov 1;120(11):809-810. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2020.132. PMID: 32961559
Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Thyroiditis.
Bindra A, Braunstein GD
Am Fam Physician 2006 May 15;73(10):1769-76. PMID: 16734054

Therapy

Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Acute bacterial suppurative thyroiditis: a clinical review and expert opinion.
Paes JE, Burman KD, Cohen J, Franklyn J, McHenry CR, Shoham S, Kloos RT
Thyroid 2010 Mar;20(3):247-55. doi: 10.1089/thy.2008.0146. PMID: 20144025
Suppurative thyroiditis.
Dunham B, Nicol TL, Ishii M, Basaria S
Lancet 2006 Nov 11;368(9548):1742. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69706-7. PMID: 17098092
Thyroiditis.
Bindra A, Braunstein GD
Am Fam Physician 2006 May 15;73(10):1769-76. PMID: 16734054
Thyroid abscess.
Rohondia OS, Koti RS, Majumdar PP, Vijaykumar T, Bapat RD
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):52-4. PMID: 10707713

Prognosis

A suppurative thyroiditis and perineal subcutaneous abscess related with aspergillus fumigatus: a case report and literature review.
Tan J, Shen J, Fang Y, Zhu L, Liu Y, Gong Y, Zhu H, Hu Z, Wu G
BMC Infect Dis 2018 Dec 27;18(1):702. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3617-4. PMID: 30587135Free PMC Article
Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Subacute, silent, and postpartum thyroiditis.
Samuels MH
Med Clin North Am 2012 Mar;96(2):223-33. Epub 2012 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2012.01.003. PMID: 22443972
Acute bacterial suppurative thyroiditis: a clinical review and expert opinion.
Paes JE, Burman KD, Cohen J, Franklyn J, McHenry CR, Shoham S, Kloos RT
Thyroid 2010 Mar;20(3):247-55. doi: 10.1089/thy.2008.0146. PMID: 20144025
Thyroid abscess.
Rohondia OS, Koti RS, Majumdar PP, Vijaykumar T, Bapat RD
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):52-4. PMID: 10707713

Clinical prediction guides

Two Different Tracts and Origin of Pyriform Sinus Fistula.
Sakakura K, Yasuoka Y, Shino M, Toyoda M, Obi K, Chikamatsu K
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2021 Jun;130(6):629-635. Epub 2020 Oct 21 doi: 10.1177/0003489420966348. PMID: 33084367
Management of thyroid gland abscess.
García Callejo J, Redondo Martínez J, Civera M, Verdú Colomina J, Pellicer Zoghbi V, Martínez Beneyto MP
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp (Engl Ed) 2019 Mar-Apr;70(2):61-67. Epub 2018 Jun 9 doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2018.01.005. PMID: 29891396
Evaluation and Management of Children with Thyrotoxicosis.
Leung AKC, Leung AAC
Recent Pat Endocr Metab Immune Drug Discov 2017;11(1):22-31. doi: 10.2174/1872214812666180327112540. PMID: 29589552
Acute suppurative thyroiditis and aggressive malignant thyroid tumors: differences in clinical presentation.
Lin KD, Lin JD, Huang MJ, Huang HS, Jeng LB, Ho YS
J Surg Oncol 1998 Jan;67(1):28-32. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(199801)67:1<28::aid-jso6>3.0.co;2-o. PMID: 9457253
Inflammatory thyroid disorders.
Farwell AP, Braverman LE
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1996 Aug;29(4):541-56. PMID: 8844729

Recent systematic reviews

Suppurative thyroiditis: Systematic review and clinical guidance.
Lafontaine N, Learoyd D, Farrel S, Wong R
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2021 Aug;95(2):253-264. Epub 2021 Mar 2 doi: 10.1111/cen.14440. PMID: 33559162
Management of congenital third branchial arch anomalies: a systematic review.
Nicoucar K, Giger R, Jaecklin T, Pope HG Jr, Dulguerov P
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Jan;142(1):21-28.e2. Epub 2009 Nov 25 doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.09.001. PMID: 20096218

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