Psammomatous calcification in association with a benign thyroglossal duct cyst

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Ayala, Carlos ^a,b   Healy, Gerald B ^a,b   Robson, Caroline D ^b   Vargas, Sara O ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSAMMOMA BODY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037319764     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.2.241     Document Type: Article

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