Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult
We describe a 20-year-old man diagnosed with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), admitted to our hospital due to pancytopenia and fever of undetermined origin after myelosuppression with chemotherapy. Disseminated aspergillosis (DIA) was suspected when he developed skin and lung involvement. A rapidly...
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| description | We describe a 20-year-old man diagnosed with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), admitted to our hospital due to pancytopenia and fever of undetermined origin after myelosuppression with chemotherapy. Disseminated aspergillosis (DIA) was suspected when he developed skin and lung involvement. A rapidly growing mass was detected on the left neck area, during hospitalization. A thyroid ultrasound reported a 3.7×2.5×2.9 cm oval heterogeneous structure, suggestive of an abscess versus a hematoma. Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid revealed invasion of aspergillosis. Fungal thyroiditis is a rare occurrence. Thyroid fungal infection is difficult to diagnose; for this reason it is rarely diagnosed antemortem. To our knowledge, this is the 10th case reported in the literature in an adult where the diagnosis of fungal invasion to the thyroid was able to be corroborated antemortem by fine needle aspiration biopsy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a4aefb8fc6644ca5b007de92f521bfa52025-08-20T02:23:04ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/290843290843Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male AdultMónica Santiago0José Hernán Martinez1Coromoto Palermo2Carlos Figueroa3Oberto Torres4Rafael Trinidad5Eva Gonzalez6Maria de Lourdes Miranda7Miosotis Garcia8Guillermo Villamarzo9Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, San Juan City Hospital, Puerto RicoDepartment of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, Hato Rey Pathology Associates Inc., Puerto RicoDepartment of Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology, Hato Rey Pathology Associates Inc., Puerto RicoWe describe a 20-year-old man diagnosed with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), admitted to our hospital due to pancytopenia and fever of undetermined origin after myelosuppression with chemotherapy. Disseminated aspergillosis (DIA) was suspected when he developed skin and lung involvement. A rapidly growing mass was detected on the left neck area, during hospitalization. A thyroid ultrasound reported a 3.7×2.5×2.9 cm oval heterogeneous structure, suggestive of an abscess versus a hematoma. Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid revealed invasion of aspergillosis. Fungal thyroiditis is a rare occurrence. Thyroid fungal infection is difficult to diagnose; for this reason it is rarely diagnosed antemortem. To our knowledge, this is the 10th case reported in the literature in an adult where the diagnosis of fungal invasion to the thyroid was able to be corroborated antemortem by fine needle aspiration biopsy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/290843 |
| spellingShingle | Mónica Santiago José Hernán Martinez Coromoto Palermo Carlos Figueroa Oberto Torres Rafael Trinidad Eva Gonzalez Maria de Lourdes Miranda Miosotis Garcia Guillermo Villamarzo Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult |
| title_full | Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult |
| title_fullStr | Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult |
| title_short | Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult |
| title_sort | rapidly growing thyroid mass in an immunocompromised young male adult |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/290843 |
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