Thyroid gland
infection, although rare, may be a life threatening disease. Thyroid
abscess, arising from
acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST), is a rare clinic condition depending on widespread use of
antibiotics.
Infection may involve one or both lobes and
abscess formation may not be apparent until late stage of the progress of illness. Thyroid left lobe is more often affected than the right one.
Brucellosis, especially obvious in endemic areas, is a widely seen zoonosis around the world. Although
brucella infection can affect many organs through various complications, thyroid gland
infection is rare. We aimed to present ultrasonography (USG) and magnetic resonance images (MRI) of a case with an acute
thyroiditis which rapidly developed and grew fast on the left half of the neck during the first postpartum month. As far as we know from literature reviewing, our case is the first case report of a thyroid
abscess arising from
brucella infection which is developed in first postpartum period with images of ultrasonography and MRI.