Medical Must-See: Rare thyroid TB hiding in plain sight

The 60-year-old patient had a six-year history of anterior neck swelling.
Megan Howe
A 60-year-old Ethiopian woman presented with thyroid tuberculosis with postprocedural pus discharge.

A retired high school teacher with a goitre-like mass on her neck was found to have a rare case of primary thyroid TB that had been overlooked for years, report doctors in Ethiopia.

The 60-year-old woman presented to a teaching hospital in the northern city of Gondar with anterior neck swelling.