Isolated tuberculous thyroiditis as solitary thyroid nodule

Maseeh-uz-Zaman; Riffat Hussain; Muhammad Kashif Mirza; Khalil Ahmed Khan; Ghufran Mohammad Khan; M. Nadeem Ahmad

Isolated tuberculous thyroiditis as solitary thyroid nodule

Maseeh-uz-Zaman
, Riffat Hussain
, Muhammad Kashif Mirza
, Khalil Ahmed Khan
, Ghufran Mohammad Khan
, M. Nadeem Ahmad

Department of Oncology, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (UK)
Pages (from-to)	121-122
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Volume	18
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Feb 2008

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Keywords

Solitary nodule
Tuberculous thyroid nodule
Tuberculous thyroiditis

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Isolated tuberculous thyroiditis as solitary thyroid nodule

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