Thyroid Tissue Connected to Normally Located Thyroid Gland: Ectopic or Exophytic?

Ectopic thyroid tissue is seen rarely. It is often seen in cervical midline, and rarely in other areas such as submandibular area. Diagnosis is made histopathologically by fine needle biopsy after the elimination of malignancy. In the treatment of ectopic thyroid tissue, surgical excision is mostly...

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Main Authors: Erol Keles, Sule Ozkara, Turgut Karlidag, İbrahim Hanifi Ozercan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/681823
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