Acute thyroid abscess in infancy as a complication of pharyngeal fistula

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-138

  El Naggar, Mohammed ^a   Flood, Liam M ^a   Naisby, Geoffrey ^b   Wight, Richard ^a  

^a North Riding Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARIUM SULFATE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, SUPPURATIVE;

EID: 0030962922     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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