Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity
Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare disease even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Clinically tuberculosis is not often suspected in cases of thyroid nodule or swelling. We report a case of 11 years female child who presented with a thyroid swelling. Fine-needle aspiration cytology revealed cas...
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| author | Anita Bodh Neelam Sharma Lalita Negi Suman S Chandel |
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| description | Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare disease even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Clinically tuberculosis is not often suspected in cases of thyroid nodule or swelling. We report a case of 11 years female child who presented with a thyroid swelling. Fine-needle aspiration cytology revealed caseating epithelioid granulomas and acid fast bacilli. Patient improved with antitubercular drugs. Tuberculosis may be considered as differential diagnosis of thyroid swelling. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41447286e8344712a4af731cd10477c52022-12-21T17:17:40ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Laboratory Physicians0974-27270974-78262014-01-0160104004210.4103/0974-2727.129090Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare EntityAnita Bodh0Neelam Sharma1Lalita Negi2Suman S Chandel3Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaDepartment of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaThyroid tuberculosis is a rare disease even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. Clinically tuberculosis is not often suspected in cases of thyroid nodule or swelling. We report a case of 11 years female child who presented with a thyroid swelling. Fine-needle aspiration cytology revealed caseating epithelioid granulomas and acid fast bacilli. Patient improved with antitubercular drugs. Tuberculosis may be considered as differential diagnosis of thyroid swelling.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.129090acid fast bacillithyroidtuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Anita Bodh Neelam Sharma Lalita Negi Suman S Chandel Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity Journal of Laboratory Physicians acid fast bacilli thyroid tuberculosis |
| title | Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity |
| title_full | Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity |
| title_fullStr | Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity |
| title_short | Thyroid Tuberculosis in a Child: A Rare Entity |
| title_sort | thyroid tuberculosis in a child a rare entity |
| topic | acid fast bacilli thyroid tuberculosis |
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