Granulomatous thyroiditis: An unexpected finding leading to the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-73+86

  Gentilucci, Umberto Vespasiani ^a   Picardi, Antonio ^a   Manfrini, Silvia ^a   D'Avola, Delia ^a   Costantino, Sebastiano ^a   Pozzilli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Granulomatous thyroiditis; Systemic sarcoidosis; Thyrotoxicosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NECK PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; STENT; SUBACUTE THYROIDITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDITIS; THYROTOXICOSIS;

GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 4043086302     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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