despite increasing detection rates of various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (tb), thyroid involvement with tubercle bacilli is rarely encountered and its imaging features have been reported in less than a handful of cases. herein, we present the clinical, pathologic and imaging (ultrasound and ct scan) features of tb involvement of the thyroid gland in a 65-year-old woman who presented w...

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis rarely presents as thyroid involvement along with other manifestations, and poses a diagnostic challenge on account of paucibacillary nature of disease. In general, the diagnosis of tuberculosis is based on epidemiological risk factors, clinical features, imaging studies, in addition to a positive skin testing or Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA). A 14-year boy p...

Tuberculosis involving the thyroid gland is a rare occurrence. We report a case of cytologically-diagnosed thyroid gland tuberculosis in a 21-year-old man who presented with thyroid swelling of short duration, and describe the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging appearances of the lesion, which to our knowledge, has not been previously described. We also report a rare complication of abscess format...

Thyroid tuberculosis (TT) is a very rare condition, even in countries where tuberculosis is endemic. However, the prevalence of tuberculosis has increased worldwide and thyroid involvement can be a primary manifestation of the disease. We present the case of a 43-year-old patient with this diagnosis and perform a review of the related literature. After searching for similar case reports in West...

Thyroid tuberculosis is a rare disease even in countries in which tuberculosis (TB) constitutes an endemic disorder. The diagnosis is often difficult as the clinical presentation has no distinct characteristics. We report a 47-year-old woman who presented with a painful nodular swelling of the neck, confirmed by physical examination and sweating. Ultrasonography disclosed nodules of the pyramid...

Thyroid tuberculosis (TTB) is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report two cases of young women with this disease. One woman presented with a solid, painless swelling in the left side of the neck, the other woman had a similar swelling in the right side of the neck and some palpable cervical lymph nodes in both sides of the neck. They did not complain dysphagia, dyspnea or any tube...

Tuberculosis of thyroid gland is a very rare disease. It has variable presentations and may be sometimes associated with autoimmune thyroiditis. We report a case of 45-year-old male, with left sided painless neck swelling, with a purulent discharging sinus over it associated with night sweats and loss of appetite. Thyroid imaging disclosed heterogeneous enhancement of left lobe of thyroid gland...

Tubercular involvement of the thyroid gland is a rare entity. Tuberculosis of thyroid gland can present as cold abscess, multinodular goitre, acute abscess or generalized goitre. Clinically, these patients can be euthyroid, hypothyroid or hyperthyroid. Diagnosis is made by fine needle aspiration and demonstration of acid fast bacilli. Here, we report the case of a 46-year-old male who presented...

Clinically apparent cervical lymphadenopathy has been found at the initial presentation in 23 to 56 % of cases of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Here we report tuberculous lymphadenitis mimicking metastatic lymph nodes from papillary thyroid carcinoma and suggest that tuberculosis apart from metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma should also be considered in the etiology of enlarged lymph node...