Primary Tuberculosis Of Thyroid Gland – A Case Report
Primary Tuberculosis of Thyroid Gland
Keywords:
Tuberculosis; Thyroid Gland; Cold Abscess; Epitheloid Granuloma; Langhans Type Giant CellAbstract
Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is very rare disease and isolated involvement of thyroid is even more rare. There are about 200 cases of thyroid gland tuberculosis had been reported worldwide .In India das et al repotred 21 cases thyroid tuberculosis . Almost all cases were secondary to some primary foci elsewhere in the body.The diagnosis is usually very difficult as the clinical presentation has no distinct characterstics. Clinically it may resemble thyroditis or goiter or some malignant etiology. On histo pathological evaluation, presence of necrotizing epitheloid cell granuloma along with langhan giant cells are diagnostic of thyroid tuberculosis. Further demonstration of acid fast bacilli in Z N staining confirms diagnosis.
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2. Das DK, Pant CS, Chachra KL, Gupta AK. Fine needle aspiration cytology diagnosis of tuberculous thyroiditis. A report of 8 cases. Acta Cytol 1992; 36:517-522.
3. Collar FA, Huggins CB. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland. Ann Surg 1926; 84:804-820.4. Khan EM, Haque I, Pandey R, Mishra SK, Sharma AK. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: a clinicopathological profile of four cases and review of the literature. Aust NZ J Surg 1993; 63:807-810.
5. Al-Mulhim AA, Zakaria HM, Abdel Hadi MSA, Al-Mulhim FA, A l - Tamimi DM, Wosornu L. Thyroid tubercuosis mimicking carcinoma: report of two cases. Surg Today 2002; 32:1064-1067
6. Mondal A, Patra DK. Efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of
tuberculosis of thyroid gland: a study of 18 cases. J Laryngol Otol 1995; 109:36-38.
7. Joll CA. Diseases of the thyroid gland.London, Heinemann,1932.
8. Klassen KP, Curtis GM. Tuberculous abscess of the thyroid gland. Surgery 1945; 17:552-559.
9. Rankin FW, Graham AS. Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland. Ann Surg 1932; 96:625-648.
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2014-02-28
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Rajpurohit, D. G. S., Patel, D. P., Savalia, D. A., Modi, D. R., Patel, D. K. H., & Patel, D. R. (2014). Primary Tuberculosis Of Thyroid Gland – A Case Report: Primary Tuberculosis of Thyroid Gland. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 5(1), 115–117. Retrieved from http://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/njirm/article/view/685
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