Observation of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Patient Treated with Acupuncture Alone
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Coincidental thyroid papillary microcarcinoma in a patient treated for a toxic adenoma of the thyroid.
Thyroid carcinoma is not uncommon in patients with hyperthyroidism. However, the risk of malignancy in patients with autonomously functioning nodules continues to be underestimated in clinical practice, possibly due to the belief of rare co-existence of a "hot" nodule and thyroid carcinoma. We present hereby a man with hyperthyroidism due to a thyroid toxic adenoma, who was subjected to surgery...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Traditional Oncology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1229-2621
DOI: 10.15432/jkto.2014.19.1.53