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Acute bacterial thyroiditis presenting as otalgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

James Stevenson
James Stevenson*
Affiliation:
(Glasgow).
*
Registrar in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Accident and Emergency Department, Victoria Infirmary, Langside Road, Glasgow.
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Abstract

A case of acute bacterial thyroiditis due to Haemophilus influenzae infection presenting as otalgia is reported. The features of this condition and the differential diagnosis from subacute (DeQuervains) thyroiditis are discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 9 , September 1991 , pp. 788 - 789
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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