Primary tuberculosis of thyroid. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Tuberculosis (TB) of the thyroid gland, either in its primary or secondary form, is an extremely rare occurrence. It is infrequent even in countries with high incidence and prevalence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB. We report here a case of primary tuberculosis of thyroid presenting to us with sudden onset thyroid swelling since 20 days.

publication date

  • July 26, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Thyroid Diseases
  • Tuberculosis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84949647472

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.amjoto.2015.07.007

PubMed ID

  • 26545476

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 6