Goitre presenting as an oropharyngeal mass: An unusual finding in the elderly

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-171

  Berenholz, Leonard P ^a,b   Segal, Samuel ^a   Kessler, Alex ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Goitre; Retropharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VOICE;

EID: 0032978979     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100143488     Document Type: Article

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