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Nodular goiter with amyloid deposition in an elderly patient: fine-needle cytology diagnosis and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Amyloidosis is a systemic disease characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in different organs and tissues. The thyroid gland may be affected by diffuse or nodular amyloid deposits, along with multiple myeloma (MM) (Amyloid Light-Chain Amyloidosis, AL amyloidosis)...

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Autores principales: Di Crescenzo, Vincenzo, Garzi, Alfredo, Petruzziello, Fara, Cinelli, Mariapia, Catalano, Lucio, Zeppa, Pio, Vitale, Mario
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24267036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S43