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Tuberculosis of the thyroid bed presenting as recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma
R Allan1, W O'Flynn, S E Clarke
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Tubercle
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 69-year-old lady with previous medullary thyroid carcinoma treated by total thyroidectomy alone developed a swelling in the neck. This was thought to be a recurrence of her carcinoma but was found on investigation to be a tuberculous abscess of the thyroid bed. She was treated successfully by surgical drainage and antituberculous chemotherapy.