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Thyroid abscess as a complication of percutaneous ethanol ablation of cystic thyroid nodules


- Department of Surgery, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
- Faculty of Emergency Nursing, General University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Abstract
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Keywords
thyroid abscess; ethanol ablation; thyroidectomy; thyroid nodule


Title
Thyroid abscess as a complication of percutaneous ethanol ablation of cystic thyroid nodules
Journal
Issue
Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
284-285
Published online
2021-03-31
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904
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431
DOI
10.5603/EP.a2021.0032
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Bibliographic record
Endokrynol Pol 2021;72(3):284-285.
Keywords
thyroid abscess
ethanol ablation
thyroidectomy
thyroid nodule
Authors
Francesk Mulita
Levan Tchabashvili
Georgios-Ioannis Verras
Elias Liolis
Stamatia Siouti
Konstantinos Panagopoulos
Michail Vailas


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