Renal Transplant–Associated Thyroid Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is common among solid-organ transplant recipients, including renal transplants. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare diagnosis. We report on a renal transplant recipient with subacute fever associated with a neck mass diagnosed as thyroid tuberculosis. No prior publication has re...

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Autores principales: Levitt, David L., Mesmar, Bayan, Munir, Kashif M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5686682/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2016-1058
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description Tuberculosis is common among solid-organ transplant recipients, including renal transplants. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare diagnosis. We report on a renal transplant recipient with subacute fever associated with a neck mass diagnosed as thyroid tuberculosis. No prior publication has reported a case of posttransplant thyroid tuberculosis. This is an important diagnostic consideration, in addition to malignant transformation, in the posttransplant setting.
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spelling pubmed-56866822017-12-20 Renal Transplant–Associated Thyroid Tuberculosis Levitt, David L. Mesmar, Bayan Munir, Kashif M. J Endocr Soc Images Tuberculosis is common among solid-organ transplant recipients, including renal transplants. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare diagnosis. We report on a renal transplant recipient with subacute fever associated with a neck mass diagnosed as thyroid tuberculosis. No prior publication has reported a case of posttransplant thyroid tuberculosis. This is an important diagnostic consideration, in addition to malignant transformation, in the posttransplant setting. Endocrine Society 2017-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5686682/ /pubmed/29264509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2016-1058 Text en Copyright © 2017 Endocrine Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This article has been published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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