Tuberculosis of the thyroid bed presenting as recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma.
A 69-year-old lady with previous medullary thyroid carcinoma treated by total thyroidectomy alone developed a swelling in the neck. This was thought to be a recurrence of her carcinoma but was found on investigation to be a tuberculous abscess of the thyroid bed. She was treated successfully by surgical drainage and antituberculous chemotherapy.
Allan
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
O'Flynn
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Clarke
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000175:diagnosis*