A solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma: review of the literature
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A solitary hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma: review of the literature
Hyperfunctioning nodules of the thyroid are thought to only rarely harbor thyroid cancer, and thus are infrequently biopsied. Here, we present the case of a patient with a hyperfunctioning thyroid nodule harboring thyroid carcinoma and, using MEDLINE literature searches, set out to determine the prevalence of and characteristics of malignant "hot" nodules as a group. Historical, biochemical and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1756-6614
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-6-7