title: Tuberculous orbital abscess associated with thyroid tuberculosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual presentation of tuberculosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A six-year old boy presented with left upper lid swelling of 15 days' duration and an asymptomatic midline neck mass from 2 months ago. Imaging studies, and microbiologic tests which demonstrated acid-fast bacilli in the fine needle aspirate of the thyroid mass, both confirmed a diagnosis of cold tuberculous thyroid abscess with presumed hematogenous spread to the orbit. The patient demonstrated marked improvement of both lesions with antitubercular drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates a very rare association of orbital and thyroid tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: Kumudini
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kanaujia
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Sukhdeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bains
authors.forename: Suvarna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suman