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A 14-month-old boy developed a fever and swollen neck glands after a family outing. His parents took him to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with infection of a thyroglossal duct cyst located in the front of the neck. This is a rare cyst that forms from thyroid gland tissue left over from when the child was a developing embryo. The tot’s doctor prescribed 600,000 units of penicillin. The antibiotic came in a popular brand of a prefilled cartridge used with a reusable syringe.
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