TB Research

Mediastinitis Revealing Primitive Thyroid Tuberculosis

Anass Chaouki, Sara Halily, A Ballage, Sami Rouadi, R. Abada, Mohamed Roubal, Mohamed Mahtar

JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS AND STUDIES · 2019-04

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is very rarely diagnosed with a prevalence of 0.1-0.3 %. According to Ghosh, <i>et al</i>., the rarity of this localization is due to the bactericidal action of colloid and also the high iodine content and high blood flow in thyroid tissue.

MeSH terms

  • Thyroid
  • Medicine
  • Mediastinitis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Iodine
  • Pathology