Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

Acute tuberculosis thyroid abscess presenting with thyrotoxicosis

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Article Type : Case Report

Author Details: Sendhil Sengodan, T. Henry Prabhakaran

Volume : 7

Issue : 3

Online ISSN : 2348-7682

Print ISSN : 2249-8176

Article First Page : 147

Article End Page : 148

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare entity even in countries like India where tuberculosis is endemic. The patients may present with thyroid swelling, inflammation and very rarely thyroid dysfunction. Caseous necrosis and epithelioid cell granulomas on fine-needle aspiration cytology and histopathological examination are diagnostic. We present two cases of thyroid gland tuberculosis. One patient had subclinical thyrotoxicosis with presentation mimicking acute bacterial thyroiditis. The other patient had a solitary thyroid nodule with normal thyroid function. Involvement of other organs was absent in both cases, Proper diagnosis may avoid unnecessary surgical interventions.

Keywords: Acute tuberculosis, Thyroid abscess, Thyrotoxicosis.

Doi No:-10.18231