Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland
Thyroid tuberculosis is a very rare condition despite an overall increase in the extrapulmonary forms of tuberculosis. Tuberculous infection spreads to the thyroid by lymphogenous/hematogenous route or directly from adjacent organs.
Ajay Kumar Verma +5 more
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Thyroid Tuberculosis: Misdiagnosed as Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma – A Rare Case Report
Yanhua Tong,1 Jiejie Yao,1,2 Yingzhen Chen,1 Qichun Yu,3 Yu Lu,4 Ming Xuan5 1Department of Ultrasound, Civil Aviation Shanghai Hospital, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Ultrasound, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...
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Primary thyroid tuberculosis: a case report
Involvement of the thyroid gland by tuberculosis is very rare and is usually secondary to disseminated infection. Very few cases of primary thyroid tuberculosis have been described even in countries with a high incidence of this disease.
Mikel Rojo-Abecia +6 more
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Unmasking primary thyroid tuberculosis - A rare but deceptive diagnosis: A case report with review of literature [PDF]
Shahbaz Habib Faridi +2 more
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Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis Secondary to Tuberculosis with Superimposed Bacterial Infection
Acute suppurative thyroiditis is a rare and potentially fatal condition. We present a case of an 18-year-old Malay female who presented with one-week history of painful right sided neck swelling, fever and odynophagia.
Siti Sanaa binti Wan Azman +1 more
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Tubercular Thyroiditis as a Part of Disseminated Tuberculosis in a Young Male: A Rare Clinical Presentation [PDF]
Thyroid tuberculosis is uncommon even in countries like India where prevalence of tuberculosis is high. Bactericidal actions of colloid, excess iodine stores and high vascularity of the gland have been implicated for the very rare occurrence of thyroid
Vandana Baloda +3 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening. [PDF]
In resource-constrained settings, tuberculosis (TB) is a common opportunistic infection and cause of death in HIV-infected persons. TB may be present at the start of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but it is often under-diagnosed. We describe approaches to
Samuel Ajayi +110 more
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To estimate the interrelations between thyroid profile, some cytokines and clinical severity of new case of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis 43 patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis and 10 healthy volunteers were studied.
Svetlana MATVYEYEVA +3 more
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Tuberculosis diagnosis using immunodominant, secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
Summary Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health concern in most low-income countries. Hence, rapid and sensitive TB diagnostics play an important role in detecting and preventing the disease. In addition to established diagnostic methods, several
Aliya, Bekmurzayeva +3 more
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