{"title":"Tuberculosis of the thyroid bed presenting as recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma","authors":"R. Allan, W. O'Flynn, S.E.M. Clarke","doi":"10.1016/0041-3879(90)90046-B","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 69-year-old lady with previous medullary thyroid carcinoma treated by total thyroidectomy alone developed a swelling in the neck. This was thought to be a recurrence of her carcinoma but was found on investigation to be a tuberculous abscess of the thyroid bed. She was treated successfully by surgical drainage and antituberculous chemotherapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":23472,"journal":{"name":"Tubercle","volume":"71 4","pages":"Pages 301-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0041-3879(90)90046-B","citationCount":"19","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tubercle","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/004138799090046B","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A 69-year-old lady with previous medullary thyroid carcinoma treated by total thyroidectomy alone developed a swelling in the neck. This was thought to be a recurrence of her carcinoma but was found on investigation to be a tuberculous abscess of the thyroid bed. She was treated successfully by surgical drainage and antituberculous chemotherapy.