Thyroglossal duct carcinoma: Presentation and management, including eight cases reports

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 186-190

  O'Connell, M ^a,b   Grixti, M ^a   Harmer, C ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case reports; Management; Thyroglossal duct carcinoma

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0031826439     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(98)80066-6     Document Type: Article

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