Papillary thyroid adenocarcinoma arising in a thyroglossal tract remnant following excision of a thyroglossal cyst: The importance of the Sistrunk procedure

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 316-317

  Rampaul, R ^b   Maharaj, D ^b   Naraynsingh, Vijay ^a   Ramcharan, K S ^b   Josa, D ^b  

^a Medical Associates   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032998837     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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