Intrathyroidal hematopoiesis: A rare histological finding in an otherwise healthy patient and review of the literature

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 393, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 745-749

  Westhoff, Christina C ^a   Karakas, Elias ^a,b   Dietz, Carsten ^a,b   Barth, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone formation; Bone metaplasia; Extramedullary hematopoiesis; Heterotopic ossification; Osseous metaplasia; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

IODINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NODULAR GOITER; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 51449103661     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-008-0299-1     Document Type: Article

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