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Tuberculosis of the Thyroid in a Child: A Rare cause of Thyromegaly

Tuberculosis of thyroid gland is extremely rare in children. We describe the case of a 6-year girl child, presenting with a multinodular thyroid swelling. Fine needle aspiration cytology showed extensive necrosis with few epithelioid cell granulomas and occasional acid-fast bacilli, suggesting a dia...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Sugandha, Girhotra, Manish, Zafar, Naushad, Gupta, Ruchika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26816678