TY - JOUR
T1 - A rare manifestation
T2 - Neisseria meningitidis infection of thyroglossal duct cyst
AU - Pinitsubsin, Lalarwan
AU - Pongchaikul, Pisut
AU - Binsirawanich, Panus
AU - Trirattanapikul, Akeatit
AU - Malathum, Kumthorn
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - A 16-year-old previously healthy Thai male presented with enlarging midline anterior neck mass for 3 days. He had fever and odynophagia 1 day before admission. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the neck showed an irregular rim-enhancing lesion at midline submental area which compatible with infected thyroglossal duct cyst. Pus obtained from the infected cyst grew Neisseria meningitidis. This case report demonstrates the thyroglossal duct cyst infection from N. meningitidis.
AB - A 16-year-old previously healthy Thai male presented with enlarging midline anterior neck mass for 3 days. He had fever and odynophagia 1 day before admission. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the neck showed an irregular rim-enhancing lesion at midline submental area which compatible with infected thyroglossal duct cyst. Pus obtained from the infected cyst grew Neisseria meningitidis. This case report demonstrates the thyroglossal duct cyst infection from N. meningitidis.
KW - Neisseria Meningitidis
KW - Skin abscess
KW - Thyroglossal duct cyst
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85193582155&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clinpr.2024.100363
DO - 10.1016/j.clinpr.2024.100363
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85193582155
SN - 2590-1702
VL - 23
JO - Clinical Infection in Practice
JF - Clinical Infection in Practice
M1 - 100363
ER -