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[A case of tuberculosis of the thyroid gland]
H Aisaka1, M Yamagishi, M Kurihara
1Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan.
Kekkaku : [Tuberculosis]
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 49-year-old woman was admitted to our university hospital for examination of a neck mass. Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed a nodule in her thyroid gland and a swollen cervical lymph node. They were removed surgically; a subsequent histological study revealed an epithelioid cell granuloma. A diagnosis of localized tuberculosis of the thyroid gland and a cervical lymph node was thus confirmed. The data of the present case were discussed with reference to the characteristics of thyroid tuberculosis described in the literature.