Endocrine Abstracts

Incidence of acute thyroiditis is about 0.1% of thyroid gland conditions requiring surgical treatment. Main pathogen causing acute thyroiditis is Staphylococcus aureus while Salmonella enterica is extremely rare.Herewith we report a 61-year-old obese woman with sore throat and fever. She had chronic atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and well-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (HbA1C 5.5%) for 3 years (on metformin and gliclazide). Her...