TUBERCULOSIS WITH MEDULLARY CARCINOMA OF THYROID

A CLINICAL ASSOCIATION, STRANGE STRANGERS

Abstract

18 years old girl presented with right dominant lobe thyroid gland in euthyyroid state. Radioisotope scanning revealed cold nodule and fine
needle aspiration cytology reported follicular neoplasm. Subsequent histopathological examination revealed medullary carcinoma with
tuberculosis. The medical literature abounds with evident association between chronic inflammatory process and neoplasia, considering chronic
inflammation as risk factor for later. We searched the local and international medical literature in English language to find any association
between neuro endocrine tumors and granulomatous inflammation. However to our knowledge no such association has so far been described,
even in the form of clinical case report in any core medical journal.