Ectopic Thyroid Tissue in Submandibular Region
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Ectopic thyroid tissue in submandibular and infrahyoid region.
The thyroid is the first endocrine gland to form during embryogenesis. At this stage, incomplete or anomalous migration of thyroid tissue causes ectopic localization of the gland. Submandibular ectopic thyroid tissue with a coexisting normally located thyroid gland is extremely rare. In this case aimed to present the findings of the 65-years-old female patient who is bilateral subtotal thyroide...
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عنوان ژورنال: MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2394-7438
DOI: 10.4103/mamcjms.mamcjms_18_19