Mediastinitis Revealing Primitive Thyroid Tuberculosis

Abstract

Thyroid Tuberculosis is difficult to diagnose, thus Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) or histopathological examination of the resected specimen forms the mainstay of diagnosis [2].We report a very rare case of thyroid localization of primary tuberculosis revealed by a mediastinitis. This case highlights the importance of evoking the diagnosis of tuberculosis in case of any anterior abscess of the neck with an insidious clinical presentation.