Ectopic Thyroid Presenting as a Submandibular Mass

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-66

  Bersaneti, Joseli Assem ^a   Silva, Rafael Denadai Pigozzi ^a   Ramos, Rodrigo Rizzo Nogueira ^b   de Matsushita, Marcus Medeiros ^a   Souto, Luís Ricardo Martinhão ^a  

^a Universidade de Marilia   (Brazil)

^b CDM SMITH   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Ectopic thyroid; Head and neck neoplasms; Neck; Surgery; Thyroid dysgenesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK; SCINTISCANNING; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79951508535     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-010-0209-z     Document Type: Article

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