hydatid cyst of the thyroid

Authors

r rajabian from the departments of internal medicine, surgery, and pathology, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, islamic republic of iran.

m tavassoll

t ghiassi

m shakib i

abstract

thyroid is a rare localization for hydatid cyst. although the incidence of hydatid cyst is high in this geographic area, we have had only two cases of thyroid involvement in the last 10 years in ghaem medical center in mashhad.

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medical journal of islamic republic of iran

جلد ۵، شماره ۳، صفحات ۱۶۵-۱۶۶

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