CA Thyroid with Lymph Node Tuberculosis - A Rare Presentation

Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch's bacillus. Between 15 and 20% of all cases of tuberculosis will present extrapulmonary location, the most frequent being lymph node tuberculosis (LNTB) The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased in the last decade, with a mortality rate of 0.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, being papillary carcinoma as the most common histological type. Cervical lymphadenopathy has been found as the initial presentation in 23-56% of thyroid carcinoma cases. Thyroid carcinoma with cervical lymphadenopathy due to co-existent tuberculosis is common.