Thyroid hemiagenesis and Hashimoto’s thyroditis—diagnostic and treatment pitfalls

Thyroid hemiagenesis and Hashimoto’s thyroditis—diagnostic and treatment pitfalls

Abstract Background Thyroid hemiagenesis (TH) is a rare congenital disease with absence of a thyroid lobe; most patients have no clinical symptoms. The etiology of TH remains unclear. In this paper, we describe a rare case of TH and congenital absence of the ipsilateral parathyroid gland, found duri...

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Main Authors: Minghao Wang, Lingmi Hou, Maoshan Chen, Lin Ren, Peng Tang, Yi Zhang, Jun Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Thyroid hemiagenesis
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Parathyroid gland
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1250-0

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