Cirugía y Cirujanos (Jan 2021)

Primary thyroid tuberculosis: a case report

  • Mikel Rojo-Abecia,
  • Adela Ma Valdazo-Gómez,
  • Carla Ferrero-San Román,
  • Alfonso Camacho-Aroca,
  • Ana León-Bretscher,
  • David Roldán-Cortés,
  • Gloria Paseiro-Crespo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24875/CIRU.21000027
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 89, no. 92

Abstract

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Involvement of the thyroid gland by tuberculosis is very rare and is usually secondary to disseminated infection. Very few cases of primary thyroid tuberculosis have been described even in countries with a high incidence of this disease. We present the case of a Spanish patient operated for a suspicious thyroid nodule that was finally diagnosed as primary thyroid tuberculosis.

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