Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland : A case report

Thyroid tuberculosis is a very rare condition even if the incidence of extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis has increased. We report the case of a 56-year old female patient with tuberculosis of the thyroid gland and tubercular lymphadenitis of the neck mimicking thyroid malignancy. The diagnosis wa...

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Published in:Acta chirurgica belgica 2007, Vol.107 (1), p.70-72
Main Authors: ZIVALJEVIC, V, PAUNOVIC, I, DIKLIC, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Female
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neck Dissection
Thyroidectomy
Thyroiditis - microbiology
Thyroiditis - surgery
Tuberculosis and atypical mycobacterial infections
Tuberculosis, Endocrine - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Endocrine - surgery
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node - surgery
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Summary:Thyroid tuberculosis is a very rare condition even if the incidence of extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis has increased. We report the case of a 56-year old female patient with tuberculosis of the thyroid gland and tubercular lymphadenitis of the neck mimicking thyroid malignancy. The diagnosis was established on histological examination after surgery in August 2002. Total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection were performed for very hard euthyroid multinodular goiter and paratracheal bilateral lymphadenopathy. There were no evidence of tubercular involvement of the other organs. The patient underwent combination treatment with antitubercular drugs for 6 months. During the three years follow-up period there was no evidence of disease recurrence.
ISSN:0001-5458
DOI:10.1080/00015458.2007.11680016