Unusual diagnosis of a solitary thyroid nodule in the paediatric population: cervical thymic cyst
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Unusual presentation of a solitary thyroid cyst.
Dear Editor, Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) lies in close proximity with the thyroid gland. Thus, thyroid diseases, mainly the malignant ones, tend to cause irreversible recurrent laryngeal nerve damage due to the infi ltration of the tumour cell. RLN damage due to benign lesion particularly from a solitary thyroid cyst is a rare incident. We report a case of a patient with right vocal cord pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212186