Acute Thyroid Swelling in Renal Transplant Recipient

Tuberculosis (TB) of thyroid gland is rare entity even in solid organ transplant recipients who have a high risk of TB. Thyroid TB is easily diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The majority of cases require only antitubercular drugs for treatment, and surgical intervention is required only...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Engineer, D. P., Prakash, S., Yadav, A., Kumhar, J., Biswas, A., Kunal, G., Goel, A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29217885
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijn.IJN_335_16
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Sumario:Tuberculosis (TB) of thyroid gland is rare entity even in solid organ transplant recipients who have a high risk of TB. Thyroid TB is easily diagnosed by fine needle aspiration cytology. The majority of cases require only antitubercular drugs for treatment, and surgical intervention is required only in few patients. We here describe a case of thyroid TB presenting as an acute abscess in postrenal transplant recipient with a background of acute rejection treated with steroid and antithymocyte globulin.

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