Missed retrosternal ectopic thyroid tissue in a patient operated for multinodular goiter
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Missed retrosternal ectopic thyroid tissue in a patient operated for multinodular goiter.
Ectopic thyroid tissue has been found from the tongue to the diaphragm. The most common ectopic thyroid tissue has been found in the tongue, submandibular region, cervical lymph nodes, larynx, trachea, oesophagus, mediastinum, diaphragm and heart respectively. "Forgotten goiter" is an extremely rare disease which is defined as a mediastinal thyroid mass found after total thyroidectomy. In this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1300-0705,1308-8521
DOI: 10.5152/ucd.2015.2916