A Rare Case of Painful Goiter Secondary to Pediatric HT Requ

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A Rare Case of Painful Goiter Secondary to Pediatric HT Requiring Thyroidectomy for Pain Control

May 31, 2017370 views

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. There was no difficulty in swallowing, no fever or recent upper respiratory infection symptoms....

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4594444/

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