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Tuberculosis, Endocrine (0):
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Tuberculosis, Endocrine
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Thyroid TB is not frequent, and should be considered as differential diagnosis of hypothyroidism and anterior cervical mass....
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PMID: 19649388
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica (109)6 2009
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Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is a very rare condition. A case of a 47-year-old female with a history of a euthyroid multi-nodular goitre is presented. The patient developed hoarseness due to right recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis, confirmed with indirect laryngoscopy. On repeated ultrasound,...
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PMID: 20184076
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Acta Cytologica (53)5 2009
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We reported on eight patients with mammary tuberculosis during a four-year period. The main signs and symptoms of the patients included a painful tender lump in the breast (n=4), a painless lump in the breast (n=3), a lump with sinus (n=1), a sinus without lump (n=1), and an ipsilateral axillary lym...
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PMID: 18588382
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We suppose adrenal insufficiency became clinically apparent because rifampicin reduced half-life of serum cortisol. Interestingly we observed rapid increase and decrease in size of bilateral adrenal glands on CT scan during the course....
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PMID: 18326335
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A 10-year-old boy presented with generalized hyperpigmentation, abdominal pain, change in behavior and, no weight gain for 2 years. On examination, he had hypotension and generalized hyperpigmentation that was more marked on gingival mucosa and frictional sites. Serum cortisol was markedly decreased...
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PMID: 18700116
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We report a 47-year-old woman who presented with a painful nodular swelling of the neck, confirmed by physical examination and sweating. Ultrasonography disclosed nodules of the pyramidal lobe with cystic change, and bilateral multiple hypoechogenic lymph nodes along the jugular and carotid chains....
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PMID: 19121995
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A 36-year-old Nigerian woman on thrice-weekly dialysis presented with symptoms and signs of hypercalcaemia. Laboratory findings were consistent with tertiary hyperparathyroidism. Parathyroid hormone levels remained elevated and she underwent elective parathyroidectomy. Intra-operatively all 4 parath...
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PMID: 18587734
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Abdominal Imaging (33)6 2008
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All patients clinically exhibited hyperpigmentation and lethargy. Physical examination revealed weight loss, signs of dehydration, and hypotension. Biochemical investigation confirmed adrenal insufficiency. The adrenal glands were affected bilaterally in 16 patients (89%) and unilaterally in 2 patie...
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PMID: 18180983
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Tuberculosis of the breast is an uncommon disease. The authors present a case of an asymptomatic 64 year-old patient whose mammography showed a right breast nodule which needed aetiological investigation. Complementary diagnostic exams did not lead to a differential diagnosis between granulomatous l...
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PMID: 18781267
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We document a case of a postmenopausal lady who presented with galactorrhea, headache and blurring of vision. Based on preliminary investigations, a clinical diagnosis of pituitary adenoma was made and the pituitary gland was surgically excised. Histopathological examination showed caseating granulo...
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PMID: 18603706
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Anales de Medicina Interna (24)12 2007
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We submit the case of a male patient, suffering from a tuberculous ethiology adrenal primary insufficiency, showing a dermal lesion, in which necrotizing granulomas were found, and from which bacterial culture growth yielded mycobacterium bovis. Given the clinical findings, and awaiting for the bact...
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PMID: 18279000
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Revista Clínica Española (207)10 2007
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The adrenal glands were infected bilaterally in all of the 19 cases (100%, 38 glands). Enlargement of the glands appeared in 18 cases (94.7%, 36 glands) and the remaining one case (5.3%, two glands) showed atrophy bilaterally. Of the 36 enlarged adrenals, 13 (36.1%) had preserved contours, and the o...
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PMID: 17466476
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Of the 42 patients with untreated adrenal tuberculosis, bilaterally enlarged adrenal glands were revealed in 38 cases (91%), unilaterally enlarged in 3 cases (7%), and normal size in 1 case (2%). Of the 41 cases (98%) with enlargement, mass-like enlargement was seen in 20 cases (49%) and enlargement...
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PMID: 17182208
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Acta Chirurgica Belgica (107)1 2007
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We report the case of a 56-year old female patient with tuberculosis of the thyroid gland and tubercular lymphadenitis of the neck mimicking thyroid malignancy. The diagnosis was established on histological examination after surgery in August 2002. Total thyroidectomy and central neck dissection wer...
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PMID: 17405604
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Journal de Chirurgie (144)1 2007
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We describe a 49-year old male patient with thyroid tuberculosis presenting as thyroid enlargement, fever, increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, normal thyroid function tests, and a chest x-ray indicating the presence of a lesion with distinct calcification in the lower lobe of the right lung. T...
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PMID: 17324921
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We report the case of a 55-year-old male with a large left adrenal mass that conformed to the normal shape of the adrenal gland. Percutaneous biopsy revealed tuberculosis and, following anti-tuberculosis therapy, there was a >75% decrease in the size of the mass. In large tumefactions of the adrenal...
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PMID: 17366108
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European Radiology (16)9 2006
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The aim of the present study is to determine imaging criteria for differentiating tuberculosis from primary tumors in the adrenal gland on contrast-enhanced CT. Non-contrast and contrast-enhanced CT features in 108 patients with adrenal tuberculosis (n = 34) and primary tumor (n = 74) were retrospec...
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PMID: 16435135
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Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland is very rare, with an acute abscess formation being the least common form of presentation. We report the sono-graphic features of two cases of tuberculous thyroid abscess that were confirmed via ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.
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PMID: 16673371
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Endocrine Journal (53)2 2006
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We encountered a patient diagnosed with Cushing's disease with bilateral adrenal tuberculosis simulating MNH. She had taken anti-tuberculosis medications one year prior to admission due to spinal tuberculosis. Sellar MRI revealed a pituitary macroadenoma, but adrenal CT showed enlargement in both ad...
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PMID: 16618981
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World Journal of Surgery (30)2 2006
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Preoperative diagnosis of thyroid tuberculosis is important because of the availability of medical treatment and the limited role of surgery. This condition should be kept in mind in evaluating patients with a thyroid nodule, in communities where the prevalence of tuberculosis is high....
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PMID: 16425087
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Chemotherapy (52)1 2006
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Eight cases of TT were diagnosed. Five patients had a goiter and 3 patients had an isolated nodule of the thyroid. In one case, fine-needle aspiration cytology gave the diagnosis of TT. This patient had a complete drainage of the abscess. In all other patients, the diagnosis was given after surgery....
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PMID: 16340200
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Urologia Internationalis (76)3 2006
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A case of isolated, bilateral, adrenal tuberculosis is presented. A 25-year-old male was admitted to the hospital due to lumbar pain, fever, weight loss and anorexia. Abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography demonstrated bilateral adrenal enlargement. Laboratory investigations were remarkab...
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PMID: 16601397
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A 21-year-old man from Somalia presented with a painful mass in the thyroid, 6 months offatigue, weight loss and fever. Two separate courses of antibiotics did not improve his condition. Thyroid function tests were normal. The chest X-ray showed an enlarged hilus with some pulmonary infiltration aro...
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PMID: 16159036
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We present a case of 61-year-old man with several months history of adrenocortical insufficiency without signs of pulmonary tuberculosis. Computed tomography scan revealed asymmetrical mass-like enlargement in adrenal glands. Despite of consecutive investigations, the diagnosis remained uncertain. B...
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PMID: 16245432
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There were two men and four women, mean age 45 years. Four patients underwent lobo-isthmectomy with frozen section analysis which enabled us to rectify the diagnosis. Medical treatment was based on a 6-month course of bactericidal chemotherapy. Outcome was favorable in all the cases with 17 months a...
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PMID: 16142095
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We present the case of a 30-year-old man with thyroid tuberculosis whose presenting complaints were dyspnoea and hoarseness. There was a cystic mass in the posterosuperior right thyroid lobe extending into the paraglottic space. There was also recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement. We performed surg...
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PMID: 15807968
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Endocrine Journal (51)5 2004
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The adrenal gland is one of the organs which tuberculosis infects. In most clinical settings bilateral adrenal tuberculosis has been clarified after adrenal insufficiency is overt. On the contrary, active adrenal tuberculosis is rarely detected during the survey of infectious disease. A 68-year-old...
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PMID: 15516779
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We report a case of a patient who presented with hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) and adrenal crisis associated with bilateral adrenal gland tuberculosis, and resulted in a poor outcome. A 50-year-old man was transferred to our hospital from a local clinic due to fever, weight loss, and bilateral adren...
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PMID: 15053049
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We observed significant improvement in our patient's condition....
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PMID: 15176303
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The aim of this article is to collect and to review reference data about thyroid tuberculosis from all-over the world and to analyze urgency and changeability of this problem since 19th century until now. Data show that there are cases of thyroid tuberculosis still occurring in many countries of the...
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PMID: 15064539
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Tropical Doctor (34)1 2004
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I regimen with standard short course daily chemotherapy of four anti-tubercular drugs under the National Tuberculosis Programme. After a six-month of anti-tubercular treatment (ATT), the boy showed clinical and bacteriological improvement. The thyroid scan with Technetium 99 (Tc 99) and the chest sk...
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PMID: 15072328
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We report a case of recurrent hyponatremia secondary to an adrenal insufficiency of medicamentous and tuberculous origin. This case illustrates the importance of a rapid etiologic diagnosis of hyponatremia and allows us to review adrenal insufficiency of tuberculous origin. It also stresses the dang...
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PMID: 14587366
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We report a case of recurrent hyponatremia secondary to an adrenal insufficiency of medicamentous and tuberculous origin. This case illustrates the importance of a rapid etiologic diagnosis of hyponatremia and allows us to review adrenal insufficiency of tuberculous origin. It also stresses the dang...
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PMID: 14587366
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Predominant symptoms consisted of abdominal nodule and pain (75 %), anorexia/weight loss (69 %), malaise/weakness (64 %), fever and night sweats (50 %), back pain (38 %) and jaundice (31 %). Swelling of the head of the pancreas with heterogeneous attenuation echo was detected with ultrasound in 75 %...
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PMID: 12800257
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Pancreatic tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of focal pancreatic lesions, especially for young people in developing countries....
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PMID: 12521381
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We report on three cases with rapidly increasing thyroid masses who were referred with the provisional diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma. In the two cases, the diagnosis of tuberculosis was established after thyroidectomy, but in the third case diagnosis was made pre-operatively with acid fast bacilli...
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PMID: 12593728
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Progrès en Urologie (12)3 2002
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Tuberculous pseudotumour of the adrenal gland with no other extra-adrenal sites of tuberculosis is a very rare entity. The authors describe the case of a 24-year-old patient in whom ultrasound and CT revealed a right adrenal mass. Adrenalectomy was performed by laparoscopy and the aetiological diagn...
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PMID: 12189756
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Australasian Radiology (46)2 2002
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We present a case of a female patient who presented with an acute abscess of thyroid gland associated with pain and fever and without cervical lymphadenopathy. We describe the pathology of the disease and the imaging findings with their differential diagnosis....
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PMID: 12060160
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Joint Bone Spine (69)1 2002
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OBJECTIVES: To raise awareness of hypercalcemia as a rare and at times inaugural manifestation of adrenal insufficiency. CASE REPORT: Evaluation of hypercalcemia in a 43-year-old man showed adrenal insufficiency. Biopsies of the testes and adrenal glands revealed epithelioid and giant cell lesions i...
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PMID: 11858366
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Our purpose was to evaluate the Computed Tomography (CT) findings of the abdominal tuberculosis (TBC) retrospectively which was diagnosed histopatologically. This study included 12 patients. All patients were evaluated by abdominal CT study. Most findings of CT studies were mesenteric calcified or n...
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PMID: 12204236
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Digestive Surgery (19)5 2002
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In none of the 9 patients was a preoperative diagnosis of tuberculosis possible. The diagnoses considered included: pancreatic cancer (n = 5); acute pseudocyst (n = 1); pancreatic abscess (n = 1); chronic pancreatitis with pancreatic head mass (n = 1), and carcinoma of the colon causing massive lowe...
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PMID: 12435910
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We report a case of tuberculous thyroiditis in a woman with Behçet's syndrome. The initial physical examination in May 1998 revealed multiple soft, nontender, mobile lymph nodes, each measuring less than 1 cm, in the left lower internal jugular chain. Sonography performed in February 2000 showed mu...
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PMID: 11948576
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A 34-year-old man from Nigeria who had resided permanently in the Netherlands for five years had experienced fever, upper abdominal pain and weight loss for several months. He did not give the impression of being ill. A CT scan gave cause to suspect pancreatitis. An HIV test gave a positive result....
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PMID: 11433666
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Australasian Radiology (45)2 2001
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A case of a pituitary mass with clinical and MRI findings consistent with adenoma is presented. Transnasal transphenoidal excision biopsy showed it to be a pituitary tuberculoma. The patient was treated with antituberculous drugs, and a follow-up MRI 18 months later showed good response. MRI feature...
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PMID: 11380375
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Endocrine Pathology (12)3 2001
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A 36-year-old female presented with generalized bone pain, muscular weakness and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. The biochemical findings and skeletal survey was suggestive of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). CT of neck and thorax showed enlarged multiple lymph nodes in the cervical and superior m...
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PMID: 11740057
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A 40-year-old woman was referred for pancreatic head carcinoma invading the portal vein. The dichotomy between the radiological findings and the general condition of the patient, as well as the laboratory results (no evidence of cholestasis), cast doubt on the diagnosis. There was no history of tube...
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PMID: 11455492
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