Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 140-143 , June 2008

Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Presenting as Huge Cervical Metastasis with Cystic Pattern

  • Kuo-Yen Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Long Zhuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wing-Yin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Zong Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 10 September 2007 ,Revised 28 September 2007 ,Accepted 14 November 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60025-7

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60025-7

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 140-143 , June 2008

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