An ectopic parathyroid gland in the left axillary region: Case report

International Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-9

  Şahin, Mustafa ^a   Er, Cemil ^b   Unlu, Yasar ^b   Tekin, Sakir ^a   Şeker, Muzaffer ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Konya SSK Regional Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomic variation; Axillary parathyroid localization; Computed tomography; Ectopic localization; Parathyroid adenoma; Primary hyperparathyroidism; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CASE REPORT; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AXILLA; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2942738954     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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