Sonographic Detection of Intrathyroidal Branchial Cleft Cyst: A Case Report
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Sonographic Detection of Intrathyroidal Branchial Cleft Cyst: A Case Report
We report here on an extremely rare case of an intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst. Intrathyroidal branchial cleft cyst is rare disease entity and it has nonspecific findings on sonography, so the diagnosis of the lesion is very difficult. However, during aspiration, if pus-like materials are aspirated from a thyroid cyst, we should consider the possibility of intrathyroidal branchial cleft cys...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Radiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1229-6929
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2006.7.2.149