Research Article
Histopathological Changes of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands in HIV-Infected Patients
Table 3
Histopathological findings in thyroid gland.
| Histologic findings | Frequency HIV-infected patients (%) | Frequency Non-HIV-infected patients (%) |
| Nodular goiter | 3 (2.7%) | 6 (8%) | Cryptococcal infection | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (1.3%) | Mycobacterium Tuberculosis | 1 (0.9%) | 1 (1.3%) | Kaposi sarcoma | 1 (0.9%) | 0 | CMV infection | 1 (0.9%) | 0 | Interstitial fibrosis | 5 (4.9%) | 2 (2.6%) | Lymphocytic thyroiditis | 0 | 2 (2.6%) | Papillary carcinoma | 0 | 1 (1.3%) |
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