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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
Thyroid gland: A new management algorithm for acute suppurative thyroiditis?
Miyauchi A
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2010 Aug;6(8):424-6. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2010.84. PMID: 20657545

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Endoscopic Suture With Chemocauterization: An Effective Treatment of Congenital Pyriform Sinus Fistula.
Tian J, Cui P, Zhang H, Lv Z, Xu W
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Dec;169(6):1624-1630. Epub 2023 Jun 23 doi: 10.1002/ohn.382. PMID: 37350304
Endoscopic electrocauterization of pyriform sinus fistula.
Ishinaga H, Kobayashi M, Qtsu K, Nishida K, Sakaida H, Kitano M, Nakamura S, Chiyonobu K, Takeuchi K
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2017 Nov;274(11):3927-3931. Epub 2017 Aug 23 doi: 10.1007/s00405-017-4713-6. PMID: 28836049
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
Thyroid abscess.
Rohondia OS, Koti RS, Majumdar PP, Vijaykumar T, Bapat RD
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):52-4. PMID: 10707713
Goitre in southern Chinese children in Hong Kong.
Wong GW, Leung SS, Kwok MM, Oppenheimer SJ
Ann Trop Paediatr 1995;15(1):27-31. doi: 10.1080/02724936.1995.11747745. PMID: 7598433

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
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
Acute suppurative thyroiditis.
Son JK, Lee EY
Pediatr Radiol 2007 Jan;37(1):105. Epub 2006 Oct 6 doi: 10.1007/s00247-006-0330-z. PMID: 17024491
Inflammatory thyroid disorders.
Farwell AP, Braverman LE
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1996 Aug;29(4):541-56. PMID: 8844729
Thyroid abscess.
Rohondia OS, Koti RS, Majumdar PP, Vijaykumar T, Bapat RD
J Postgrad Med 1995 Apr-Jun;41(2):52-4. PMID: 10707713

Therapy

Acute blastomycosis thyroiditis.
Moinuddin S, Barazi H, Moinuddin M
Thyroid 2008 Jun;18(6):659-61. doi: 10.1089/thy.2007.0283. PMID: 18578618
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
Thyroid abscess.
Schweitzer VG, Olson NR
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1981 Mar-Apr;89(2):226-9. doi: 10.1177/019459988108900216. PMID: 6787517

Prognosis

A pain in the neck: Salmonella spp. as an unusual cause of a thyroid abscess. A case report and review of the literature.
AlYousef MK, Al-Sayed AA, Al Afif A, Alamoudi U, LeBlanc JM, LeBlanc R
BMC Infect Dis 2020 Jun 22;20(1):436. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05161-w. PMID: 32571225Free 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
Aspergillus thyroiditis.
Ayala AR, Basaria S, Roberts KE, Cooper DS
Postgrad Med J 2001 May;77(907):336. doi: 10.1136/pmj.77.907.336. PMID: 11320281Free PMC Article
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

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
Inflammatory thyroid disorders.
Farwell AP, Braverman LE
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 1996 Aug;29(4):541-56. PMID: 8844729
Goitre in southern Chinese children in Hong Kong.
Wong GW, Leung SS, Kwok MM, Oppenheimer SJ
Ann Trop Paediatr 1995;15(1):27-31. doi: 10.1080/02724936.1995.11747745. PMID: 7598433
Acute suppurative thyroiditis: diagnostic, metabolic and therapeutic observations.
Adler ME, Jordan G, Walter RM Jr
West J Med 1978 Feb;128(2):165-8. PMID: 629054Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Acute suppurative thyroiditis in a child secondary to pyriform sinus fistula: From single case to systematic review.
Di Nora A, Maniaci A, Pizzo F, Van Der Poel N, Smilari P, Cocuzza S, Spadaro G, Lentini M, Calvo-Henriquez C, Lechien JR, Campisi P, Parisi FM, Sangiorgio G, Pavone P
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2025 Jan;188:112212. Epub 2024 Dec 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.112212. PMID: 39733586
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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