Goel Khushboo, Aggarwal Ankita, Dhillon Jasdeep, Yadav Vishav, Bhagat Sanjeev
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab India.
Department of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Sep;75(3):2604-2607. doi: 10.1007/s12070-023-03679-4. Epub 2023 May 6.
Isolated thyroid gland tuberculosis is a rare disease, while even rarer is its presentation as an acute abscess. Here we present the case of a 65-year-old female who presented with a neck swelling which progressed to an abscess with multiple discharging sinuses which was proven to be tubercular abscess on histopathology.
孤立性甲状腺结核是一种罕见疾病,而其表现为急性脓肿则更为罕见。在此,我们报告一例65岁女性病例,该患者最初表现为颈部肿胀,随后发展为伴有多个引流窦道的脓肿,组织病理学检查证实为结核性脓肿。