Management options for solitary thyroid nodules in an endemic goitrous area.
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Management options for solitary thyroid nodules in an endemic goitrous area.
An analysis of management of 546 cases of solitary thyroid nodules in an endemic area is presented. None of the evaluating procedures could effectively isolate benign from malignant disease. Of 508 cases considered clinically to be benign, 42 harboured malignancy on histological examination whereas of the 38 cases suspected clinically to be malignant, 21 were histologically benign. 131I-Thyroid...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.863.560