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AIM: Identify and resolve problems related to iterative surgery for goiter. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Fifty-nine patients who underwent surgery for recurrent benign goiter between 1990 and 1999 were included in the study. RESULTS: Forty-two patients had lobectomy and isthmusectomy (71.2 and 17 patients had subtotal thyroidectomy (28.8%). The delay from initial surgery to recurrence was less than 5 years for 44% of the patients and was more than 10 years for 17.8%. There was no post-operative mortality and no recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Early post-operative hypocalcemia occurred in 2 patients (3.3%). CONCLUSION: The goal of revision surgery for recurrent goiter is total thyroidectomy. Prevention is a rational management scheme for thyroid nodules.
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Goiter/surgery , Thyroidectomy , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Hypocalcemia/epidemiology , Laryngeal Nerve Injuries , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative Complications , Recurrence , ReoperationABSTRACT
Thyroid tuberculosis is rare. We present the case of a 25 year-old woman with tuberculosis of the thyroid. Although seldom observed, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nodular lesions of the thyroid. Diagnosis is made by histological examination and demonstration of the tubercle bacilli from biopsy or aspiration specimen. The efficacy of fine-needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of tuberculosis of the thyroid is proved. Administration of antituberculous drugs is considered as the treatment of choice. Abscess drainage is sufficient. In rare cases surgery is necessary. The prognosis is good.