Case Reports in Endocrinology / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / 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