Primary thyroid tuberculosis: a case report

Cir Cir. 2021;89(S2):1-3. doi: 10.24875/CIRU.21000027.

Abstract

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.

La afectación de la glándula tiroidea por tuberculosis es muy rara y generalmente es secundaria a una enfermedad ­diseminada. Se han descrito muy pocos casos de tuberculosis tiroidea primaria incluso en paises con alta incidencia de esta enfermedad. Presentamos el caso de una paciente española operada por un nódulo tiroideo sospechoso que fue finalmente diagnosticado como tuberculosis tiroidea primaria.

Keywords: Cirugía tiroidea; Thyroid surgery; Thyroid tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis tiroidea.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Thyroid Gland* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thyroid Gland* / surgery
  • Tuberculosis*