Follicular carcinoma in lingual thyroid presenting as a laterocervical mass. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 142-146

  Bigotti, G ^a   Coli, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ectopic thyroid; follicular carcinoma; submandibular mass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031106169     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1997.tb00038.x     Document Type: Article

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