{
    "abstract": "A late middle-aged woman presented with a large, painful neck mass, with a history of rapid increase of size since 1\u2009week and associated voice change, dyspnoea and odynophagia. Prior radiological investigation showed a multiloculated cystic mass in the left thyroid lobe. Fine needle aspiration revealed a predominant cluster of neutrophils. Blood investigations showed leucocytosis and high blood glucose levels suggestive of sepsis. The patient underwent surgical drainage of the thyroid abscess with total thyroidectomy which was managed through multidisciplinary teamwork between surgeons, haematologists, endocrinologists and anaesthesiologists. In addition, urine culture and thyroid pus culture both showed ",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Otorhinolaryngology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India drdrsuryaprakash@gmail.com.",
            "firstname": "Surya Prakash",
            "initials": "SP",
            "lastname": "Dorasala Ramanna"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Otorhinolaryngology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.",
            "firstname": "Chandrakiran",
            "initials": "C",
            "lastname": "Channegowda"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Otorhinolaryngology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.",
            "firstname": "Shabna Lakshmi",
            "initials": "SL",
            "lastname": "Shanmugananthan"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Otorhinolaryngology, MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.",
            "firstname": "Milu",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Sajith"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "\u00a9 BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.",
    "doi": "10.1136/bcr-2023-254834",
    "journal": "BMJ case reports",
    "keywords": [
        "Head and neck surgery",
        "Otolaryngology / ENT",
        "Thyroid disease"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2024-05-24",
    "pubmed_id": "38782428",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Thyroid pyocele with systemic sepsis: a rare clinical scenario.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788504abd8a0>"
}