Surgical anatomy of thyroid and incidence of malignancy in solitary nodule of thyroid
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Study of Thyroid Carcinoma in Solitary Thyroid Nodule
Introduction solitary thyroid nodule is defined as a single discrete mass of abnormal tissue in an otherwise normal thyroid gland. In different studies, thyroid nodules were found in 4-7 percent of American adults. Thyroid nodule is probably one of the commonest endocrine problems in the wold. In a report from the thyroid clinic, IPGMR, Dhaka, 32.67 percent of all thyroid patients had solitary ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2349-3305
DOI: 10.18203/2349-2902.isj20160943