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Role of ultrasound evaluation for the diagnosis and monitoring of thyroid tuberculosis: A case report and review of the literature

Thyroid tuberculosis (TT) is an extremely rare condition, with acute abscess formation being the most uncommon form of presentation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis may affect the thyroid gland through hematogenous spread from an extra-thyroid focus of disease or by direct extension from adjacent cervica...

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Autores principales: YANG, GAO-YI, ZHAO, DAN, ZHANG, WEN-ZHI, MENG, JUN, LI, JUN, LI, XIAO-HONG, WAN, HAI-FANG
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25435964
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/ol.2014.2652