Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter
Thyroid involvement with tuberculosis is an uncommon condition even in endemic countries. As its clinical presentation is not specific, diagnosis is often difficult and requires histopathological confirmation. Herein we report an observation of secondary tuberculosis of the thyroid gland in a woman...
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| description | Thyroid involvement with tuberculosis is an uncommon condition even in endemic countries. As its clinical presentation is not specific, diagnosis is often difficult and requires histopathological confirmation. Herein we report an observation of secondary tuberculosis of the thyroid gland in a woman with a type 2 diabetes mellitus and a primary hypothyroidism. She presented with a rapid enlargement of a preexisting goiter without compressive symptoms. The imaging exams showed a voluminous plunging multinodular thyroid gland and multiple bilateral lung nodules. Malignancy was suspected and the patient underwent a total thyroidectomy and a lung biopsy. Histopathological examination revealed multiple tuberculous foci involving both the thyroid gland and the lungs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7561e197ba3f463baf2b2a4febd4f44d2025-02-03T01:12:58ZengWileyCase Reports in Endocrinology2090-65012090-651X2018-01-01201810.1155/2018/43695314369531Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting GoiterIbtissem Oueslati0Imen Sakka1Olfa Ismail2Ines Akrout3Adel Marghli4Melika Chihaoui5Department of Endocrinology, La Rabta hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Endocrinology, La Rabta hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Pathology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Ariana, TunisiaDepartment of Pneumology, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Ariana, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Abderrahman Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaDepartment of Endocrinology, La Rabta hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, TunisiaThyroid involvement with tuberculosis is an uncommon condition even in endemic countries. As its clinical presentation is not specific, diagnosis is often difficult and requires histopathological confirmation. Herein we report an observation of secondary tuberculosis of the thyroid gland in a woman with a type 2 diabetes mellitus and a primary hypothyroidism. She presented with a rapid enlargement of a preexisting goiter without compressive symptoms. The imaging exams showed a voluminous plunging multinodular thyroid gland and multiple bilateral lung nodules. Malignancy was suspected and the patient underwent a total thyroidectomy and a lung biopsy. Histopathological examination revealed multiple tuberculous foci involving both the thyroid gland and the lungs.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4369531 |
| spellingShingle | Ibtissem Oueslati Imen Sakka Olfa Ismail Ines Akrout Adel Marghli Melika Chihaoui Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| title | Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter |
| title_full | Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter |
| title_short | Tuberculosis of the Thyroid Gland Presented as a Rapid Enlargement of a Preexisting Goiter |
| title_sort | tuberculosis of the thyroid gland presented as a rapid enlargement of a preexisting goiter |
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