Acute diffuse thyroid swelling after fine‐needle aspiration: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is the first-line and a cost-effective examination method of nonfunctional thyroid nodules. Acute transient thyroid swelling after an FNA is a rare complication, and to date, only 14 cases have been reported in the English literature. Herein, we report a case of a 26-year-old woman with acute transient thyroid swelling, which occurred after an ultrasound-guided FNA of a thyroid nodule.Although the patient had undergone an FNA without complication 2 years previously, the second FNA caused acute thyroid swelling. The present case emphasizes the potential risk of acute thyroid swelling associated with every FNA procedure.

Acute transient thyroid swelling after fine‐needle aspiration biopsy: A case report of a rare complication and a literature review

“…The clinical characteristics of all the reported cases are summarized in Table 1. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The average age of the patients was 47 (range, 26-70) years.…”

“…Only 13 cases have been reported in nine published articles so far. The clinical characteristics of all the reported cases are summarized in Table 1 4–12 …”