TY - JOUR A1 - Das, Dipratim A1 - Chakraborty, Partha A1 - Ganguly, Madhurima A1 - Halder, Pankaj T1 - Acute suppurative thyroiditis: An unusual complication Y1 - 2019/1/1 JF - Indian Journal of Oral Health and Research JO - Indian J Oral Health Res SP - 37 EP - 39 VL - 5 IS - 2 UR - https://www.ijohr.org/article.asp?issn=2393-8692;year=2019;volume=5;issue=2;spage=37;epage=39;aulast=Das DO - 10.4103/trp.trp_7_21 N2 - Acute thyroiditis is rare and usually subsides with medical therapy. An abscess arising due to it is even rarer. Sometimes, surgical drainage is required to control ongoing infection and sepsis. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl who had acute suppurative thyroiditis. The swelling was not resolving after 9 days of administering intravenous antibiotics and eventually compressing the esophagus and trachea which was relieved leading to a speedy recovery on emergency surgical drainage. ER -