title: Acute tuberculous abscess of the thyroid gland.
abstract: Isolated tuberculous thyroid abscess is an extremely rare form of infection of the thyroid gland. We present a case of a female patient who presented with an acute abscess of thyroid gland associated with pain and fever and without cervical lymphadenopathy. We describe the pathology of the disease and the imaging findings with their differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, India. kemrad@vsnl.com
authors.forename: Hemant
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parmar
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashmi
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rajput
authors.forename: Tufail
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Patankar
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000175:diagnosis*