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Subacute thyroiditis due to brucellosis case report and review of the literature

Brusellozise bağlı subakut tiroidit olgu sunumu ve literatür değerlendirmesi

Abdülkadir KÜÇÜKBAYRAK
Mustafa YILDIRIM
Davut ÖZDEMİR
Rezan GERGİN
Ertuğrul GÜÇLÜ
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51–54
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This case was diagnosed subacute thyroiditis due to Brucellosis as clinical findings, increased thyroid function tests and thyroglobulin antibody, positive Brucella IgM antibodies and thyroid scintigraphy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that remains endemic worldwide.
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Key Findings & Data:The diagnosis is based on clinical findings compatible with brucellosis, positive standard tube agglutination titer (>l/160 in non-endemic areas, >l/320 or >1I64O in endemic areas), and/or isolation of Brucella spp. from blood, other tissues or fluids.
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Conclusion & Impact:This case was diagnosed subacute thyroiditis due to Brucellosis as clinical findings, increased thyroid function tests and thyroglobulin antibody, positive Brucella IgM antibodies and thyroid scintigraphy.
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⚙️Variables:Bruselloz · Tiroidit · İmmunoglobulin M

Abstract

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that remains endemic worldwide. Brucellosis shows the involvement of many systems, however, thyroid gland involvement is rare. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings compatible with brucellosis, positive standard tube agglutination titer (>l/160 in non-endemic areas, >l/320 or >1I64O in endemic areas), and/or isolation of Brucella spp. from blood, other tissues or fluids. If the standard tube agglutination test is negative the diagnosis could be based on positive Brucella IgM antibodies and clinical findings compatible with brucellosis. This paper reports the case of a 19-year-old woman who had been followed up with the subacute thyroiditis. This case was diagnosed subacute thyroiditis due to Brucellosis as clinical findings, increased thyroid function tests and thyroglobulin antibody, positive Brucella IgM antibodies and thyroid scintigraphy.

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Brusellozis dünyada yaygın olarak görülen zoonotik bir hastalıktır. Hastalık birçok sistemi tutmakla birlikte tiroid bezi tutulumu nadirdir. Tanı; brusellozise ait klinik bulguları olanlar kişilerde standart tüp aglütinasyon testiyle (endemik olmayan yerlerde >1/1160, endemik yerlerde >1/320 veya >l/640) ve/veya kan, diğer doku veya vücut sıvılarından Brucella spp.'nin izole edilmesiyle konulur. Standart tüp aglütinasyon testinin negatif olması durumunda; uygun klinik bulguların varlığında Brusella Ig M antikorlarının pozitif olmasıyla da tanı konulabilir. Bu yazıda, subakut tiroidit tanısıyla takip edilen 19 yaşında bir bayan hasta sunulmuştur. Brusellozise bağlı subakut tiroidit tanısı; klinik bulgular, tiroid fonksiyon testlerinin, tiroglobülin ve tiroglobülin antikorlarının yüksekliği, Brusella Ig M antikorlarının pozitif bulunması ve tiroid sintigrafisi ile konulmuştur.

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KÜÇÜKBAYRAK, A., YILDIRIM, M., ÖZDEMİR, D., GERGİN, R., GÜÇLÜ, E. (2007). Subacute thyroiditis due to brucellosis case report and review of the literature. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 41 - Sayı: 2, 51–54. https://ajindex.com/articles/363893

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