Adedapo K S, Afolabi A O, Orunmuyi A, Fadiji O
Department of Nuclear Medicine University College Hospital Ibadan.
West Afr J Med. 2012 Apr-Jun;31(2):139-41.
Recurrent thyroid cancer after remnant ablation is a known entity in follow up of differentiated thyroid cancer. It is however unusual for a stitch abscess to present as a recurrent thyroid cancer. We highlight the diagnostic dilemma of a stitch abscess masquerading as a recurrent thyroid cancer in a young female adult in the setting of financial constraint.
