Association of tuberculous thyroiditis and papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: a rare coincidence.
We report the case of a 25 year-old patient with no medical history, admitted to our unit for nodular goiter of the right lobe without clinical or laboratory signs of hyperthyroidism. We carried out a right lobo-isthmectomy revealing the association of tuberculosis and thyroid papillary carcinoma. A left lobectomy has, therefore, been performed in a second stage. The patient underwent a six-month antituberculosis treatment with a good clinical outcome. We discuss this rare association and its best diagnostic and therapeutic support, with a review of the literature.
ENT Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Noureddine
N
Errami
Pulmonology Unit, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco.
Amine
A
Benjellounb
ENT Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Bouchaib
B
Hemmaouia
ENT Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Karim
K
Nadoura
ENT Unit, Mohammed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
Fouad
F
Benariba
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014383:Tuberculosis, Endocrine / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents
Thyroid; papillary carcinoma; tuberculosis