In a recent article by Kirkland et al.1 describing the nature of solitary thyroid nodules in 30 children, one child with thyroid abscess was reported. The authors reviewed 35 cases of abscesses in childhood, four of which were reported after 1950. We recently studied a child with thyroid abscess in whom the clinical course was characterized by multiple recurrences. The patient was a 5 4/12 year-old-girl who developed progressive swelling in the anterior portion of the neck two weeks after the onset of intermittent low grade fever, rhinorrhea, and cough.