Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Lingual Thyroid
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Radiofrequency ablation as a novel treatment for lingual thyroid.
Case Report A 10 year old female with an 8 year history of a base of tongue mass presented after two months of increasing size and symptoms of dysphagia (Figure 1). Diagnosis of lingual thyroid (and only functional thyroid tissue) was confirmed by thyroid scan. Resection was performed by transoral endoscopic RF ablation (Figures 2,3). Intraoperatively, the total blood loss was 20cc and time for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0194-5998,1097-6817
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.770