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Thyroid primary and metastatic malignant tumours of poor prognosis may mimic subacute thyroiditis - time to change the diagnostic criteria: case reports and a review of the literature

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is based mainly on the presence of painful thyroid goitre and a significant increase in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Proceeding according to these diagnostic criteria may lead to an incorrect diagnosis and treatment. Extremely dangerou...

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Autores principales: Stasiak, Magdalena, Michalak, Renata, Lewinski, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31387553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0415-y