Thyroid tuberculosis mimicking carcinoma: Report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1064-1067

  Al Mulhim, Abdulmohsen A ^a,b   Zakaria, Hazem M ^a   Abdel Hadi, Maha S A ^a   Al Mulhim, Fatma A ^a   Al Tamimi, Dalal M ^a   Wosornu, Lade ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Thyroid abscess; Thyroid carcinoma; Thyroid nodule; Thyroid tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXCISION; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOBECTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUBERCULOSIS; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDITIS, SUPPURATIVE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036995611     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950200214     Document Type: Article

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