Tuberculous Infection of Thyroid Gland: A Case Report

Introduction. Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and almost one-third of the world is infected with this disease. Tuberculosis has been reported in many parts of the human body. But thyroid gland involvement is extremely rare and its true incidence is unknown. Case...

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Autores principales: Modayil, Prince Cheriyan, Leslie, Anna, Jacob, Antony
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20168986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/416231
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author Modayil, Prince Cheriyan
Leslie, Anna
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description Introduction. Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and almost one-third of the world is infected with this disease. Tuberculosis has been reported in many parts of the human body. But thyroid gland involvement is extremely rare and its true incidence is unknown. Case Presentation. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with a thyroid cyst which turned out to be a primary mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Conclusion. The correct diagnosis of thyroid tuberculosis is important because of the availability of medical treatment and the limited role of surgery.
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spelling pubmed-28202882010-02-18 Tuberculous Infection of Thyroid Gland: A Case Report Modayil, Prince Cheriyan Leslie, Anna Jacob, Antony Case Rep Med Case Report Introduction. Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and almost one-third of the world is infected with this disease. Tuberculosis has been reported in many parts of the human body. But thyroid gland involvement is extremely rare and its true incidence is unknown. Case Presentation. We present the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with a thyroid cyst which turned out to be a primary mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Conclusion. The correct diagnosis of thyroid tuberculosis is important because of the availability of medical treatment and the limited role of surgery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2010-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2820288/ /pubmed/20168986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/416231 Text en Copyright © 2009 Prince Cheriyan Modayil et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tuberculous Infection of Thyroid Gland: A Case Report
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title_full_unstemmed Tuberculous Infection of Thyroid Gland: A Case Report
title_short Tuberculous Infection of Thyroid Gland: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20168986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/416231
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