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11263468

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
Riedel's thyroiditis is a rare disease determined by an invasive fibrosclerotic transformation of the thyroid gland. It may be one manifestation of multifocal fibrosis with still unknown etiology. Because it mimics carcinoma, a biopsy must be performed to get the correct diagnosis. The condition is self-limiting when confined to the neck. Prognosis depends on the extent of extracervical fibrosclerosis. We present a patient with a huge cervical and mediastinal, unilateral thyroid mass expanding to the aortic curve, which led to tracheal deviation and compression with symptoms of stridor and dyspnea. These symptoms continued under a course of high-dose steroids; thus an operation was necessary to relieve the airway obstruction and limit inflammation. Intraoperative and pathological findings showed an inflammatory infiltration of the adjacent neck muscles and a sterile abscess caused by an occlusive vasculitis. Therefore, hemithyroidectomy had to be performed instead of a local limited resection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0391-4097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Extensive sterile abscess in an invasive fibrous thyroiditis (Riedel's thyroiditis) caused by an occlusive vasculitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Zentralklinikum, Augsburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports