Not all that is miliary is tuberculosis: Metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma mimicking miliary tuberculosis

Elham Askari; Mihan Pourabdollah Toutkaboni; Sara Haseli; Mitrasadat Rezaei; Payam Tabarsi; Majid Marjani; Afshin Moniri; Neda Khalili

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4231

Clinical Case Reports (May 2021)

Not all that is miliary is tuberculosis: Metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma mimicking miliary tuberculosis

Elham Askari,
Mihan Pourabdollah Toutkaboni,
Sara Haseli,
Mitrasadat Rezaei,
Payam Tabarsi,
Majid Marjani,
Afshin Moniri,
Neda Khalili

Affiliations

Elham Askari: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Mihan Pourabdollah Toutkaboni: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Sara Haseli: Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Mitrasadat Rezaei: Virology Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Payam Tabarsi: Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Majid Marjani: Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Afshin Moniri: Virology Research Center National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD) Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Neda Khalili: School of Medicine Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4231
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 5
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of miliary pattern of micronodules on chest imaging, irrespective of clinical features.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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