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Endocrine tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
52884
•Concept ID:
C0041310
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Endocrine Tuberculoses; Endocrine Tuberculosis; Tuberculoses, Endocrine; Tuberculosis, Endocrine
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006743

Definition

Infection of the endocrine glands with species of mycobacterium, most often mycobacterium tuberculosis. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEndocrine tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Indian Academy of Pediatrics Revised (2021) Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency and Rickets.
Gupta P, Dabas A, Seth A, Bhatia VL, Khadgawat R, Kumar P, Balasubramanian S, Khadilkar V, Mallikarjuna HB, Godbole T, Krishnamurthy S, Goyal JP, Bhakhri BK, Ahmad A, Angadi K, Basavaraj GV, Parekh BJ, Kurpad A, Marwaha RK, Shah D, Munns C, Sachdev HPS
Indian Pediatr 2022 Feb 15;59(2):142-158. Epub 2021 Dec 29 PMID: 34969941
Pancreatogenic diabetes, acute pancreatitis management, and pancreatic tuberculosis: Appraising the present and setting goals for the future.
Machicado JD, Papachristou GI
United European Gastroenterol J 2020 May;8(4):365-368. doi: 10.1177/2050640620917017. PMID: 32364055Free PMC Article
Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children.
Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Alhazzani W, Agus MSD, Flori HR, Inwald DP, Nadel S, Schlapbach LJ, Tasker RC, Argent AC, Brierley J, Carcillo J, Carrol ED, Carroll CL, Cheifetz IM, Choong K, Cies JJ, Cruz AT, De Luca D, Deep A, Faust SN, De Oliveira CF, Hall MW, Ishimine P, Javouhey E, Joosten KFM, Joshi P, Karam O, Kneyber MCJ, Lemson J, MacLaren G, Mehta NM, Møller MH, Newth CJL, Nguyen TC, Nishisaki A, Nunnally ME, Parker MM, Paul RM, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Romer LH, Scott HF, Tume LN, Verger JT, Williams EA, Wolf J, Wong HR, Zimmerman JJ, Kissoon N, Tissieres P
Intensive Care Med 2020 Feb;46(Suppl 1):10-67. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05878-6. PMID: 32030529Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: review of the literature.
Bulbuloglu E, Ciralik H, Okur E, Ozdemir G, Ezberci F, Cetinkaya A
World J Surg 2006 Feb;30(2):149-55. doi: 10.1007/s00268-005-0139-1. PMID: 16425087
Solitary pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking advanced pancreatic carcinoma.
Ozden I, Emre A, Demir K, Balci C, Poyanli A, Ilhan R
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg 2001;8(3):279-83. doi: 10.1007/s005340170029. PMID: 11455492
Tuberculous Addison's disease: lack of normalization of adrenocortical function after anti-tuberculous chemotherapy.
Bhatia E, Jain SK, Gupta RK, Pandey R
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1998 Mar;48(3):355-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00409.x. PMID: 9578827
Tuberculous Addison's disease. Utility of CT in diagnosis and follow-up.
Villabona CM, Sahun M, Ricart W, Serres X, Maroto A, Fernandez-Real JM, Gómez JM, Soler J
Eur J Radiol 1993 Nov;17(3):210-3. doi: 10.1016/0720-048x(93)90106-w. PMID: 8293751
Association of precipitating anti-adrenal anti-adrenal antibodies with moniliasis-polyendocrinopathy syndrome.
Heinonen E, Krohn K, Perheentupa J, Aro A, Pelkonen R
Ann Clin Res 1976 Aug;8(4):262-5. PMID: 999212

Diagnosis

Thyroid tuberculosis.
Chuang TJ, Liu JS, Hung YJ, Hsieh CH
QJM 2015 Jan;108(1):47-8. Epub 2014 Jul 29 doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu154. PMID: 25078413
Thyroid tuberculosis.
Simkus A
Medicina (Kaunas) 2004;40(3):201-4. PMID: 15064539
Pancreatic tuberculosis.
Brusko G, Melvin WS, Fromkes JJ, Ellison EC
Am Surg 1995 Jun;61(6):513-5. PMID: 7762900
Tuberculosis of the pancreas.
Varshney S, Johnson CD
Postgrad Med J 1995 Sep;71(839):564-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.839.564. PMID: 7479475Free PMC Article
The pathology of granulomatous diseases of the thyroid gland.
Harach HR, Williams ED
Sarcoidosis 1990 Mar;7(1):19-27. PMID: 2189175

Therapy

Tuberculosis as a differential for bilateral adrenal masses in the UK.
Arambewela M, Ross R, Pirzada O, Balasubramanian SP
BMJ Case Rep 2019 May 28;12(5) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228532. PMID: 31142485Free PMC Article
Tubercular thyroid abscess.
Kumar A, Pahwa HS, Srivastava R, Khan KA
BMJ Case Rep 2013 Jun 27;2013 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009815. PMID: 23814203Free PMC Article
Diagnosis--Addison's disease secondary to tuberculosis of the adrenal glands.
Patnaik MM, Deshpande AK
Clin Med Res 2008 May;6(1):29. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2007.754a. PMID: 18591375Free PMC Article
Thyroid tuberculosis.
Simkus A
Medicina (Kaunas) 2004;40(3):201-4. PMID: 15064539
Primary adrenal lymphoma associated with adrenal insufficiency: a distinct clinical entity.
Pimentel M, Johnston JB, Allan DR, Greenberg H, Bernstein CN
Leuk Lymphoma 1997 Jan;24(3-4):363-7. doi: 10.3109/10428199709039025. PMID: 9156667

Prognosis

Thyroid tuberculosis.
Terzidis K, Tourli P, Kiapekou E, Alevizaki M
Hormones (Athens) 2007 Jan-Mar;6(1):75-9. PMID: 17324921
Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: review of the literature.
Bulbuloglu E, Ciralik H, Okur E, Ozdemir G, Ezberci F, Cetinkaya A
World J Surg 2006 Feb;30(2):149-55. doi: 10.1007/s00268-005-0139-1. PMID: 16425087
Primary adrenal lymphoma associated with adrenal insufficiency: a distinct clinical entity.
Pimentel M, Johnston JB, Allan DR, Greenberg H, Bernstein CN
Leuk Lymphoma 1997 Jan;24(3-4):363-7. doi: 10.3109/10428199709039025. PMID: 9156667
Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in a case of adrenal tuberculosis and acute Addison's disease.
Benini F, Savarin T, Senna GE, Durigato S, Vettore L
J Endocrinol Invest 1990 Jul-Aug;13(7):597-600. doi: 10.1007/BF03348637. PMID: 2121819
Infectious diseases of the thyroid gland.
Berger SA, Zonszein J, Villamena P, Mittman N
Rev Infect Dis 1983 Jan-Feb;5(1):108-22. doi: 10.1093/clinids/5.1.108. PMID: 6338569

Clinical prediction guides

Pituitary tuberculosis presented with pituitary coma.
Chihaoui M, Oueslati I, Chaker F, Yazidi M, Goubantini A, Nagi S, Slimane H
Tunis Med 2018 Aug-Sep;96(8-9):532-535. PMID: 30430535
Addison's disease due to tuberculosis that required differentiation from SIADH.
Kinjo T, Higuchi D, Oshiro Y, Nakamatsu Y, Fujita K, Nakamoto A, Owan I, Miyagi S, Kuba M, Fujita J
J Infect Chemother 2009 Aug;15(4):239-42. Epub 2009 Aug 18 doi: 10.1007/s10156-009-0690-z. PMID: 19688243
Unusual presentation of tuberculosis reactivation in childhood: an anterior neck mass.
Surer I, Ozturk H, Cetinkursun S
J Pediatr Surg 2000 Aug;35(8):1263-5. doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2000.8769. PMID: 10945709
Tuberculous Addison's disease: lack of normalization of adrenocortical function after anti-tuberculous chemotherapy.
Bhatia E, Jain SK, Gupta RK, Pandey R
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1998 Mar;48(3):355-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00409.x. PMID: 9578827
Efficacy of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: a study of 18 cases.
Mondal A, Patra DK
J Laryngol Otol 1995 Jan;109(1):36-8. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100129184. PMID: 7876734

Recent systematic reviews

Pancreatic tuberculosis: A systematic review of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
Panic N, Maetzel H, Bulajic M, Radovanovic M, Löhr JM
United European Gastroenterol J 2020 May;8(4):396-402. Epub 2020 Jan 17 doi: 10.1177/2050640620902353. PMID: 32213022Free PMC Article

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