Ectopic Lingual Thyroid Presenting with Massive Hematemesis
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A Rare Case of Bleeding Ectopic Lingual Thyroid Presenting as Hematemesis
• The authors have no financial conflicts of interest. which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To the Editor: Lingual thyroid is a rare embryological anomaly caused by failure of the gland to descend from the foramen cecum to its normal site in the pre-laryngeal area. Its precise pathogenesis is u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest)
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1841-0987,1843-066X
DOI: 10.4183/aeb.2019.244