Zuckerkandl's tubercle of the thyroid gland in association with pressure symptoms: A coincidence or consequence?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-253

  Hisham, A N ^a   Aina, E N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Pressure symptoms; Thyroid gland; Zuckerkandl's tubercle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0034127171     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01800.x     Document Type: Article

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