TUBERCULOSIS WITH MEDULIARY CARCINOMA OF THYROID

摘要

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 exam ination revealed m edullary carcinoma with tube rculosis. The m edical lite rature a bou nds with evid ent a ssocia tio n be twee n ch ro nic inflamm ato ry pro ce ss and neo pla sia, con sidering chron ic 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 clin ical ca se repo rt in an y core me dical journa l.