Lingual thyroid causing dysphonia: Evaluation and management. Case report

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-69

  Tiscani, Alfio José ^a,c   Santos Martins, Antonio ^a   Del Negro, André ^a   Pereira Costa Araújo, Priscila ^a   Barreto, Gilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Centro Médico de Campinas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Head and neck tumors; Malformations; Thyroid; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2942656921     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802004000200007     Document Type: Article

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