A rare case of painful goiter secondary to pediatric Hashimoto’s thyroiditis requiring thyroidectomy for pain control

A rare case of painful goiter secondary to pediatric Hashimoto’s thyroiditis requiring thyroidectomy for pain control

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) usually presents as painless thyroid swelling. Painful pediatric HT is a rare condition with limited literature on pain management. We report a 15- year-old female who presented with 4 weeks history of fatigue, malaise and progressive, painful midline thyroid swelling. T...

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Main Authors: Liladhar Kashyap, Abdulhameed Alsaheel, Rohan Walvekar, Lawrence Simon, Ricardo Gomez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Pediatric Reports
Subjects:
Painful goiter
pediatric Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
pain management
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/5914

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