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Thyroid Swelling and Thyroiditis in the Setting of Recent hCG Injections and Fine Needle Aspiration
A 60-year-old woman presented with a neck mass and underwent fine needle aspiration of a left thyroid nodule. During this time, she had been injected with hCG for weight loss. Soon after, she developed rapid diffuse thyroid growth with pain. She was ultimately diagnosed with thyrotoxicosis due to po...
Autores principales: | Lamos, Elizabeth M., Munir, Kashif M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26942022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2915816 |
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