Graves’ disease in a mediastinal mass presenting after total thyroidectomy for nontoxic multinodular goiter: a case report

BACKGROUND: Thyrotoxicosis after total thyroidectomy is mostly iatrogenic. Rarely, a hyperfunctional thyroid remnant or ectopic tissue may be the cause. There are few cases of Graves’ disease arising from thyroid tissue located in the mediastinum and none in which Graves’ disease was diagnosed only...

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Autores principales: Cunha, Filipe Manuel, Rodrigues, Elisabete, Oliveira, Joana, Saavedra, Ana, Vinhas, Luís Sá, Carvalho, Davide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0878-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-016-0878-7

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