Mediastinal neoplasms in patients with Graves disease: a possible link between sustained hyperthyroidism and thymic neoplasia?
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Mediastinal neoplasms in patients with Graves disease: a possible link between sustained hyperthyroidism and thymic neoplasia?
BACKGROUND Anterior mediastinal masses are a rare but well documented finding in Graves disease. The vast majority of these lesions represents benign thymic hypertrophy and regress after treatment of the hyperthyroidism. A small percentage of these cases however represent neoplastic/malignant diseases which require further treatment. CASES 12 year old boy with one year history of refractory G...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thyroid Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1756-6614
DOI: 10.1186/1756-6614-5-5