Thyroid hemiagenesis accompanying a thyroglossal duct cyst: A case report

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Tsang, Samuel K ^a   Maher, John ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemiagenesis; Thyroglossal Duct Cyst; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; HUMAN; MALE; NECK TUMOR; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SCINTISCANNING;

HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0031897266     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199804000-00008     Document Type: Article

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