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