Massive Chronic Organizing Thyroid Abscess Masquerading Thyroid Cancer

Abstract

We present here a case of a 65-year-old male with atypical presentation of long standing chronic thyroid abscess, which initially mimicked malignancy, with a brief discussion of the presentation, diagnosis and possible risk factors for chronic thyroid abscess confined to unilateral thyroid lobe.




J Endocrinol Metab. 2011;1(2):90-91
doi: https://doi.org/10.4021/jem8w