Benign calcified thyroid cyst with skin sinus formation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Pal, Indranil ^a,c   Sengupta, Subhabrata ^a,b   Ramaswamy, Balakrishnan ^a   Saha, Somnath ^a,b  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Benign calcified thyroid cyst; Skin sinus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SWELLING; THYROID CYST; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA; ULCER; X RAY;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CALCINOSIS; CUTANEOUS FISTULA; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 37549011382     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318155a2b4     Document Type: Article

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