Ectopic thyroid gland on the ascending aorta with a partial pericardial defect: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 486-488

  Özpolat, Berkant ^a   Doǧan, Orhan Veli ^a,c   Gökaslan, Gökhan ^a   Erekul, Selim ^b   Yücel, Ertan ^a  

^a Diskapi Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta; Mediastinal tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PERICARDIUM; STERNOTOMY; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERICARDIUM; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34249749329     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3439-7     Document Type: Article

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