Unusual parapharyngeal lesion: Aberrant thyroid gland

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Feisal, T K T ^a   Prepageran, N ^a   Shahrizal, T ^a   Mohd Zulkiflee, Abu Bakar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aberrant thyroid gland; Ectopic thyroid; Neck swelling; Parapharyngeal lesion; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID FUNCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 44149125949     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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