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Eggshell calcification after intrathyroidal hemorrhage of retrosternal thyroid

We report a rare event of old hemorrhage into a thyroid causing respiratory distress. A 67-year-old man with chronic cough and recent dysphagia was found to have a retrosternal mass extending into the visceral mediastinum on chest roentgenogram. A computed tomographic (CT) scan confirmed eggshell ca...

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Autores principales: Yuzbasioglu, Mehmet Fatih, Ozkaya, Mesut, Ezberci, Fikret, Senoglu, Nimet, Kizildag, Betul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-11