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A Rare Presentation of Thyroid Mass as Tubercular Abscess: A Case Report

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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.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India

    Khushboo Goel, Ankita Aggarwal, Vishav Yadav & Sanjeev Bhagat

  2. Department of Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Jasdeep Dhillon

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Goel, K., Aggarwal, A., Dhillon, J. et al. A Rare Presentation of Thyroid Mass as Tubercular Abscess: A Case Report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 75, 2604–2607 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03679-4

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