Thyrotoxicosis Associated with a Hypopharyngeal Toxic Nodular Thyroid

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  • S Ali Imran
  • Adam Hinchey
  • Rob Hart
  • Martin Bullock
  • Andrew Ross
  • Steven Burrell
چکیده

Ectopic thyroid is a rare developmental anomaly which may be either asymptomatic or present with thyroid dysfunction as well as pressure symptoms. Here we present a novel case of thyrotoxicosis associated with a hypopharyngeal multinodular thyroid in a female. Removal of the ectopic thyroid led to normalization of the thyroid status.

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دوره 2017  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2017