Acute tuberculosis thyroid abscess presenting with thyrotoxicosis
Journal Title: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare entity even in countries like India where tuberculosis is endemic. The patients may present with thyroid swelling, inflammation and very rarely thyroid dysfunction. Caseous necrosis and epithelioid cell granulomas on fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathological examination are diagnostic. We present two cases of thyroid gland tuberculosis. One patient had subclinical thyrotoxicosis with presentation mimicking acute bacterial thyroiditis. The other patient had a solitary thyroid nodule with normal thyroid function. Involvement of other organs was absent in both cases, Proper diagnosis may avoid unnecessary surgical interventions.
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Sendhil Sengodan, T. Henry Prabhakaran
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- DOI 10.18231/2348-7682.2017.0038
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