Diseases

Suppurative Thyroiditis

Acute inflammatory disease of the THYROID GLAND due to infections by BACTERIA; FUNGI; or other microorganisms. Symptoms include tender swelling, FEVER, and often with LEUKOCYTOSIS.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Acute inflammatory disease of the THYROID GLAND due to infections by BACTERIA; FUNGI; or other microorganisms. Symptoms include tender swelling, FEVER, and often with LEUKOCYTOSIS.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Acute Infectious Thyroiditis
  • Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis
  • Infectious Thyroiditis
  • Thyroiditis, Infectious
  • Thyroiditis, Suppurative
  • Acute Infectious Thyroiditides
  • Acute Suppurative Thyroiditides
  • Infectious Thyroiditides
  • Infectious Thyroiditides, Acute
  • Infectious Thyroiditis, Acute
  • Suppurative Thyroiditides
  • Suppurative Thyroiditides, Acute
  • Suppurative Thyroiditis, Acute
  • Thyroiditides, Acute Infectious
  • Thyroiditides, Acute Suppurative
  • Thyroiditides, Infectious
  • Thyroiditides, Suppurative
  • Thyroiditis, Acute Infectious
  • Thyroiditis, Acute Suppurative

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific infection (IM)

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History Note

91(87); was see under THYROIDITIS 1987-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Suppuration (1966-1986)
  • Thyroiditis (1966-1986)

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  1. C01w.830.840w
  2. C19w.874w.871w.910w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Suppurative Thyroiditis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013969. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013969
  2. Suppurative Thyroiditis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_infectious_thyroiditis
  3. Suppurative Thyroiditis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q424233