Background. Teratoma of the thyroid in adults is a rare neoplasm and is usually seen in young females. Most of the thyroid teratoma are malignant. The tumor appears as a dominant mass in the thyroid gland and is often associated with local lymph node involvement. We describe our experience of primar
Teratoma of the neck in relation to the thyroid gland
โ Scribed by W. Milo Keynes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1959
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 822 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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โฆ Synopsis
TERATOMA OF THE NECK IN RELATION TO THE THYROID GLAND BY W. MILO KEYNES SENIOR SURGICAL REGISTRAR, ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL, LONDON TERATOMAS of the neck are rare, and Willis (1953) classes them with those of the pineal gland and brain as the most uncommon of teratomas. In this century only five papers have appeared in British literature on these tumours, namely those by Carter, 1903;
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