Ectopic thyroid presenting as a gallbladder mass

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Liang, Kuo ^a   Liu, Jia Feng ^a   Wang, Yue Hua ^a   Tang, Guo Cai ^a   Teng, Liang Hong ^a   Li, Fei ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ectopic thyroid; Gall bladder; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHORISTOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID GLAND;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 77953633561     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/14787081OX12659688852473     Document Type: Article

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