Preoperatively undiagnosed papillary thyroid carcinoma in patients thyroidectomized for benign multinodular goiter
ABSTRACT Objective Incidental thyroid cancers (ITCs) are often microcarcinomas; among them, the most frequent histotype is the papillary one. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) in patients thyroidectomized for benign multinodular goiter. Subject an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2018-04-01
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Series: | Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972018000200139&lng=en&tlng=en |