Metastatic endophthalmitis and thyroid abscess complicating liver abscess

Abstract

The thyroid is resistant to infection due to its anatomical and physiological characteristics. We present a rare case of invasive liver abscess with metastatic thyroid abscess and endogenous endophthalmitis in a previously healthy 55-year-old female patient without diabetes or other medical illness. This report raises an important question of the virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae as an increasingly common causative agent of liver abscess.

Keywords

• Endophthalmitis
• Thyroid abscess
• Liver abscess