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Not All That Is Miliary Is Tuberculosis: Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Mimicking Miliary Tuberculosis Publisher



Askari E1 ; Pourabdollah Toutkaboni M1 ; Haseli S1 ; Rezaei M2 ; Tabarsi P3 ; Marjani M3 ; Moniri A2 ; Khalili N4
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  1. 1. Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Virology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Clinical Case Reports Published:2021


Abstract

Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of miliary pattern of micronodules on chest imaging, irrespective of clinical features. © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.