Suppurative thyroiditis with abscess in the right thyroid lobe

Thyroid ultrasound in a patient with fever reveals an abscess in the right thyroid lobe. The abscess is surrounded by enriched thyroid vessels.

From: Takehara T, Tani T, Yajima K, et al. First case report of thyroid abscess caused by Helicobacter cinaedi presenting with thyroid storm. BMC Infect Dis 2019; 19:166. Copyright © 2019 The Authors. https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-019-3808-7 (Accessed on April 3, 2023). Reproduced under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.

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