A Rare Thyroid Gland Emergency: Thyroid Abscess

A Rare Case of Isolated Cystic Hydatid of Thyroid Gland

Hydatid cysts are most frequently localized within the liver and lungs, although they can also be found in highly vascularized tissues such as the brain, muscle, heart, pancreas, adrenal, and thyroid glands.A 65-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with complaints of a progressively growing mass that was compressing the surrounding tissues and causing respiratory distress. The pat...

Extramedullary hematopoiesis in thyroid gland: A rare case report

Background: Extramedullary hematopoiesis is known to occur mainly in the organs of reticuloendothelial system. It is very rare for EMH to occur in thyroid nodule without any haematological abnormality. Case: A 71 year healthy male presented with 3 month history of dysphagia to solids. Clinical examination revealed thyroid nodule measuring 1 cm in diameter in right lobe of thyroid gland. FNAC wa...

Primary tuberculosis of thyroid gland: a rare case report.

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a rare entity, and primary tuberculosis of thyroid is even uncommon. At one time, it was believed that thyroid gland is relatively immune to tuberculosis. There are about 200 cases of thyroid tuberculosis that had been reported in world literature. These include 156 cases reviewed by Goldfarb et al (Am J Med 1965;38:825) and 1 each by Crompton et al (Tubercl...

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Maltoma of Thyroid: A Rare Thyroid Tumour

Introduction. Primary thyroid lymphomas constitute up to 5% of all thyroid malignancies and can be divided into non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs) of B- and T-cell types, as well as Hodgkin's lymphomas. Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas are a relatively recently recognized subset of B-cell NHLs, and they are listed as extranodal marginal zone lymphomas according to the revised Euro...