Candida tropicalis Thyroiditis Presenting With Thyroid Storm in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Denver Niles; Juri Boguniewicz; Omar Shakeel; Judith Margolin; Daniel Chelius; Meenal Gupta; David Paul; Katherine Y King; J Chase McNeil

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000002424

Candida tropicalis Thyroiditis Presenting With Thyroid Storm in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Oct;38(10):1051-1053. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002424.

Authors

Denver Niles¹, Juri Boguniewicz¹, Omar Shakeel², Judith Margolin², Daniel Chelius³, Meenal Gupta⁴, David Paul⁴, Katherine Y King¹, J Chase McNeil¹

Affiliations

¹ From the Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics.
² Section of Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology.
⁴ Section of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

PMID: 31365478
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002424

Abstract

Suppurative thyroiditis is uncommon in the pediatric population and particularly rare to be caused by fungi. We present a case of Candida tropicalis thyroiditis in an adolescent male with acute lymphocytic leukemia that led to disseminated candidiasis, thyroid storm and eventual total thyroidectomy for source control.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Candida tropicalis / isolation & purification*
Candidiasis / diagnosis*
Candidiasis / microbiology
Candidiasis / pathology*
Humans
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
Thyroid Crisis / etiology*
Thyroid Crisis / pathology*
Thyroidectomy
Thyroiditis, Suppurative / complications*
Thyroiditis, Suppurative / diagnosis
Thyroiditis, Suppurative / pathology
Thyroiditis, Suppurative / surgery
Treatment Outcome