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Thyroid is a rare localization of tuberculosis. The clinical course of the disease may resemble toxic goiter or acute thyroiditis or may follow a subacute or chronic pattern without specific symptomatology. We report the case of a 37 year-old woman referred to the hospital with a diagnosis of goiter without clinical signs of tuberculosis. The diagnosis was established after total thyroidectomy and histological exam. Six-month treatment with antituberculous drugs was administered with a good outcome
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Humans , Female , Thyroid Gland/microbiology , Thyroid Diseases/diagnosis , GoiterSubject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Ear Canal/pathology , Ear Diseases , Cholesteatoma/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Adenoid cystic carcinoma [ACC] is a fairly uncommon malignant disease that accounts for about 1.3% of all paranasal sinus cancers, and occurs most commonly in the minor salivary gl and s of the head and neck. ACC grows slowly. However, it frequently recurs and metastasizes to distant organs such as lung or bone after treatment, and the prognosis is poor. Locally advanced lesions are usually managed best by resection and postoperative radiotherapy
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Humans , Male , Female , Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms/pathology , Radiotherapy , Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic/diagnosisABSTRACT
True intrathoracic goitres without any connexion with the cervical gland are rare. They present as tumours of the upper mediastinum. Mediastinal CT scan is the investigation of choice. Treatment is exclusively surgical because of the risk of mediastinal compression. In this report we describe a case of goitre which was diagnosed fortuitously in a 45 years old patient. Treatment was surgical with a left anterolateral thoracotomy
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Humans , Female , Goiter, Substernal/surgery , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Thoracotomy , Radiography, ThoracicABSTRACT
Lingual thyroid is an uncommon developmental abnormality which results from the failure of the thyroid gland to descend from the foramen coecum to its prelaryngeal site. Diagnosis is assessed by the clinical picture and thyroid uptake scintiscans. Treatment is essentially medical although surgery is indicated when compression occurs. In this report, we describe two cases of lingual thyroid which were diagnosed because of an obstructive oropharyngeal syndrome in one case and hypothyroidism in the other one