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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-10-01
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Series: | World Journal of Surgical Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1250-0 |