Schwannoma of the thyroid gland A continued preoperative diagnostic dilemma
Journal Title: International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 9
Abstract
Non epithelial tumors of the thyroid glands are extremely rare, representing <1% of all thyroid tumors.(1) These tumors most often mimic a thyroid nodule. A case of Schwannoma of the thyroid gland which was diagnosed on histopathological examination after a hemithyroidectomy is reported here.
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Ramani Ranjan Mund, Naresh Dayaldas Badlani, Pratyusha Priyadarshini
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- DOI 10.7439/ijbar.v7i9.3561
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