Spread of Goiters Outside the Thyroid Bed: A Review of 190 Cases and an Analysis of the Incidence of the Various Extensions

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1198-1202

  Chin, Shy Chyi ^a   Rice, Henry ^b   Som, Peter M ^b,c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0242408736     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.11.1198     Document Type: Article

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