PURPOSE To report an unusual presentation of tuberculosis. CASE REPORT A six-year old boy presented with left upper lid swelling of 15 days' duration and an asymptomatic midline neck mass from 2 months ago. Imaging studies, and microbiologic tests which demonstrated acid-fast bacilli in the fine needle aspirate of the thyroid mass, both confirmed a diagnosis of cold tuberculous thyroid absces...

We report a case of tuberculosis of the thyroid gland associated with mediastinal lymphadenitis in a 30 years-old male, who presented with dysphagia and a mid line anterior neck swelling. Fine needle aspiration was positive for acid fast bacilli. He made an uneventful recovery with antituberculous drugs. Although seldom observed, tuberculosis should be kept in mind in te differential diagnisis ...

Isolated involvement of the thyroid by tuberculosis is very rare as reported in literature. We are presenting a case of isolated tuberculous thyroiditis presented as a solitary thyroid nodule. The patient was treated with anti-tuberculous regimen and he responded well with disappearance of the nodule and normalization of the thyroid scan.

Tuberculosis is a problem to public health, especially in developing countries. However, involvement of the thyroid gland rare. Herein, 53-yearold woman with complaint painless swelling on right side her neck presented. Nodular goiter was detected addition multiple lymphadenopathies cervical region. diagnosed based histological findings both and lymph nodes contrary our expectation which carci...

The current study presents the case of a 56-year-old female, with thyroid nodules showing signs of malignancy under B-mode ultrasonography, who was admitted to Shaoxing People's Hospital. A histopathological examination revealed the coexistence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and thyroid tuberculosis (TB). A total thyroidectomy and selective neck dissection (left side, levels III, IV and VI) ...

Cardiovascular complications during hyperthyroidism are dominated by arrhythmias, heart failure and coronary disease. Pericardial effusion which is a common complication of hypothyroidism extremely rare in hyperthyroidism. We report the case 45-year-old woman admitted for management pleuro-pericarditis associated with atrial fibrillation context cardiothyreosis. The treatment consisted pericard...