Ectopic Thyroid Nodule in Thyroglossal Duct
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Ectopic Thyroid Nodule in Thyroglossal Duct
A 52-year-old woman presented with a small midline anterior neck mass and a 3-kg-weight loss over the course of one month. The patient was diagnosed with Graves disease based on increased free T4 levels (3.30 ng/dL), suppressed thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels (<0.001 IU/mL), and a high titer of TSH receptor antibodies (32.6 IU/L). Scintigraphy with Tc-99m pertechnetate (Fig. 1) also re...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1226-3303
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.2.218