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ea0016p776 | Thyroid | ECE2008

Is thyroid tuberculosis actually not rare?

Yuzbasioglu M Fatih , Ozkaya Mesut , Cakal Erman , Ciralik Harun , Okur Nazan , Gisi Kadir

Background and aim: Thyroid gland is considered to be rare site of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (tbc), even in countries with a high prevalance. The aim of this study is to ases the correlation between thyroid nodules and pulmonary tbc with fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and to find out the incidence of thyroid gland tbc.Material and methods: The main purpose of this study is to find out tbc incidence in pulmonary tbc patients with thyroid nodules...