American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 427-429 , November 2009

Primary schwannoma of the thyroid gland presenting as an asymptomatic cold nodule

  • Ofir Uri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 7 Michal St., Haifa 34362, Israel. Tel.: +972 52 4262285.
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  • Elzbieta Baron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Carmel Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Oleg Lefel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
    • ,
  • Arie Bitterman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery A, Carmel Medical Center, The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Received 5 March 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00147-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.07.013

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 427-429 , November 2009

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