Surgical and medical management of midline ectopic thyroid

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 870-872

  Mussak, Erich N ^a   Kacker, Ashutosh ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; THYROGLOSSAL CYST; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34249661046     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.01.008     Document Type: Review

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