Aberrant Thyroid in the Parapharyngeal Space
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Unusual parapharyngeal lesion: aberrant thyroid gland.
An ectopic location of the thyroid gland usually occurs in the midline, starting anywhere from the tongue to the diaphragm. The occurrence of an ectopic thyroid gland in a non-midline site is extremely rare. We report a 32-year-old Malay woman with an aberrant thyroid gland presenting as a parapharyngeal lesion. She had a normally functioning thyroid gland. An ectopic thyroid should be consider...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2395-2407,2395-2393
DOI: 10.47210/bjohns.2018.v26i1.158