Ectopic thyroid tissue: Anatomical, clinical, and surgical implications of a rare entity

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Noussios, George ^a   Anagnostis, Panagiotis ^b   Goulis, Dimitrios G ^a   Lappas, Dimitrios ^c   Natsis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC THYROID GLAND; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM; METASTASIS; NECK; ORGANOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROID SURGERY; TUMOR VOLUME; ABLATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LINGUAL THYROID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; CHORISTOMA; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; TONGUE DISEASE;

CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NECK; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 80051683226     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0461     Document Type: Review

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