Primary tuberculosis of thyroid gland: a rare case report

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-270

  Ghosh, Anirban ^a   Saha, Somnath ^a   Bhattacharya, Basudeb ^b   Chattopadhay, Sarbani ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Dr BC Roy Post graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences IPGMER   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IODINE 131; LIOTRIX; TUBERCULIN;

ABSCESS; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SWELLING; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34250897306     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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