Case Reports in Endocrinology

Case Report

Rapidly Growing Thyroid Mass in an Immunocompromised Young Male Adult

Table 2

Review of the medical literature describing cases of the Aspergillus thyroiditis diagnosed antermortem by fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology in patient over 18 years old.


Reference	Year	Age (years/sex)	Comorbidity	Thyroid function	Treatment of thyroid dysfunction	Outcome

Solary et al. [7]	1987	43/F	Renal transplant recipient	Euthyroid	Not reported	Deceased

Torres et al. [8]	1999	24/F	Systemic erythematous disease, end stage renal disease	Hyperthyroid	Not reported	Deceased

Ayala et al. [9]	2001	31/F	Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome	Hyperthyroid	Atenolol	Deceased

Jang et al. [10]	2004	49/F	Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	Hyperthyroid	Not reported	Survived

Sion et al. [4]	2004	46/M	Renal transplant recipient	Euthyroid ( TSH)	Not reported	Deceased

Sion et al. [4]	2004	49/?	Renal transplant recipient	Not reported	Hemithyroidectomy	Deceased

Elzi et al. [11]	2005	62/M	Liver transplant recipient	Not reported	Total thyroidectomy	Deceased

Matsui et al. [12]	2006	56/M	Renal transplant recipient	Not reported	Not reported	Survived

Guetgemann et al. [13]	2006	30/F	Renal transplant recipient	Hyperthyroid	NSAIDS beta blockers	Survived

Santiago et al. Current Publication	2013	20/M	Myelodysplastic syndrome	Euthyroid	Not required	Deceased