Clinical Case Database / Category: Patient Management
Management of a solitary thyroid nodule
Publication details
Sarah Siddiqui, Priya Achar, Venkat Srinivasan
Foundation Years Journal, volume 7, issue 1, p.10 (123Doc Education, London, January 2013)
Abstract
This article on good clinical care focuses on the diagnosis and management of thyroid lump. We shall illustrate a case example and discuss the management of patient in this case and the approach to diagnosis and management of a solitary thyroid nodule on the basis of imaging and cytology findings.
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Authors
Sarah Siddiqui
ENT Core trainee
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
Priya Achar
ENT Specialty Registrar
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
Venkat Srinivasan
ENT Consultant
Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
cheenu51@hotmail.com
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