A Case of Adenomatous Goiter Involving Diffuse, Acute, and Painful Thyroid Enlargement after Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

Table 1

The 10 cases of post-FNAC thyroid enlargement reported in Japan (including ours).

Report	Age	M/F	Disease	Needle	Time of onset after FNAC	Symptoms	Duration of; recovery	Treatment
Sumiyoshi and Murakami [1]	58	F	Follicular adenoma	22G	1.5 hours	Swelling and pain in the neck	1 day	Methylprednisolone (125 mg)
	79	M	Follicular adenoma	22G	10 minutes	Swelling and pain in the neck	1 hour	Course observed
	73	F	Adenomatous goiter	18G	4 hours	Swelling and pain in the neck, dysphagia	1 day	Methylprednisolone (125 mg)
	58	F	Adenomatous goiter	22G	10 minutes	Swelling and pain in the neck	1 week	Course observed
	67	F	Follicular adenoma	22G	10 minutes	Swelling and pain in the neck	6 hours	Course observed
Nimura et al. [2]	38	F	Adenomatous goiter	22G	2-3 minutes	Pressure and pain in the neck	9 days	Hydrocortisone (100 mg)
Nakatake et al. [3]	58	F	Adenomatous goiter	22G	1 hour	Swelling and pain in the neck	A few hours	Course observed
	31	M	Adenomatous goiter	22G	1.5 hours	Acute neck pain, no swelling	A few hours	Course observed
	45	F	Adenomatous goiter	22G	2 hours	Swollen neck	A few hours	Course observed
Our case	44	F	Adenomatous goiter	22G	1-2 minutes	Pressure and pain in the neck	1 week	Methylprednisolone (125 mg)