TY - JOUR T1 - Lessons of the month 1: A diagnostic dilemma: thyroid abscess or subacute thyroiditis? JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 370 LP - 372 DO - 10.7861/clinmed.2022-0160 VL - 22 IS - 4 AU - Jamie Hong Im Teoh AU - Shanty Velaiutham Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/22/4/370.abstract N2 - Thyroid abscess is rare but potentially fatal, whereas subclinical thyroiditis is a self-limiting condition that is more commonly seen. The clinical features of both diseases can be overlapping but the treatment approach differs. We report a case of a painful left thyroid nodule not responding to conventional therapy for thyroiditis or thyroid abscess. ER -