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Acute airway failure secondary to thyroid metastasis from renal carcinoma

BACKGROUND: Secondary involvement of the thyroid gland by malignant metastases is uncommon. Acute respiratory crisis due to infiltration of the upper airways is a recognised complication of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma or thyroid lymphoma. Renal cell carcinoma is a tumour that metastasizes diffusely...

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Autores principales: Testini, Mario, Lissidini, Germana, Gurrado, Angela, Lastilla, Gaetano, Ianora, Amato Stabile, Fiorella, Raffaele
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2254624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18252002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-6-14