Open AccessSynchronous Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Lymph Node Tuberculosis in a Patient with Cervical Lymphadenopathy: Case Report and Review
Author(s) -
José A. Velasco,
Edwing M. Jaimes,
Mariano P. Tovar,
Greta G. Reyes,
Saul J. Martinez,
Carlos J. Mata,
Miguel A. Monroy,
Ludwigvan A. Bustamante
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of innovative research in medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-8737
DOI - 10.23958/ijirms/vol07-i04/1394
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical lymphadenopathy , lymph node , thyroid carcinoma , cervical lymph nodes , tuberculosis , concomitant , thyroidectomy , radiology , thyroid , tuberculous lymphadenitis , dissection (medical) , thyroid cancer , metastatic carcinoma , nodule (geology) , pathology , carcinoma , cancer , surgery , metastasis , disease , paleontology , biology
The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in the last decade, with a mortality rate of 0.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, being papillary carcinoma as the most common histological type. Identify it synchronously with a case of lymph node tuberculosis (TBG) is extremely rare and a real challenge for its diagnostic suspicion. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is clinically indistinguishable from metastatic forms of papillary thyroid carcinoma and histopathologic examination is the most accurate test for diagnosis. In this paper we present the case of a 31-year-old male who presented cervical lymphadenopathy and a concomitant thyroid nodule, giving the impression of a metastatic thyroid tumor, who received treatment with total thyroidectomy and cervical lymph node dissection.