Thyroglossal Duct Cyst-More Than Just an Embryological Remnant

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-31

  Moorthy, Sujatha Narayana ^a,b   Arcot, Rekha ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Paediatric males; Sistrunk procedure; Symptomatic presentation; Thyroglossal duct cyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952043574     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: 09739793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12262-010-0171-8     Document Type: Article

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