Pediatric thyroid abscess: an unusual late complication of COVID-19 infection

Authors

  • Tripti Maithani Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • Mudit Gupta Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
  • Rishabh Dogra Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5067-7712
  • Sharad Hernot Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20220812

Keywords:

Thyroid abscess, Pediatric COVID disease, SARS-CoV-2 infection, Thyroid dysfunction

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in children usually presents as mild infection. There have been several reported papers of thyroid dysfunction in adults suffering from SARS-CoV-2 infection but there hasn’t been any reported case in pediatric population. We report first pediatric case of post COVID-19 thyroid abscess that developed 6 weeks post infection.

Author Biographies

Tripti Maithani, Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Professor, and Head of Department, Department of ENT, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Patel Nagar, Dehradun-248001

Mudit Gupta, Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Patel Nagar, Dehradun-248001

Rishabh Dogra, Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Patel Nagar, Dehradun-248001

Sharad Hernot, Department of ENT, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Patelnagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital, Patel Nagar, Dehradun-248001

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2022-03-24

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