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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Small thyroid nodule but big impact
Abhishek Singhai, Smritimayee Panda
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abhishek Singhai
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_15_20
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In tuberculosis (TB) endemic countries like India, this is a common practice to attribute patient's illness to TB even without microbiological confirmation. Furthermore, a false diagnosis may prove fatal as the underlying disease is left untreated, and the burden is amplified by avoidable potential side effects of antitubercular drugs. We present a case of a 42-year-old female who presented to us with a typical presentation of disseminated TB but found to have metastatic thyroid carcinoma.
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