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A Silent Non-thyroidal Adenoma in the Thyroid

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The surgeon needs to assess clinically significant thyroid nodules as they may represent aggressive forms of thyroid cancer or ectopic parathyroid glands. We discuss one such unusual nodule in the thyroid.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 575001, India

    Deviprasad Dosemane, Meera Niranjan Khadilkar & Nahas Kalathigal

  2. Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, 575001, India

    Hema Kini

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Concept, data acquisition—MK, NK; Manuscript writing—MK, NK; Supervision—DD, HK. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Meera Niranjan Khadilkar.

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Dosemane, D., Khadilkar, M.N., Kini, H. et al. A Silent Non-thyroidal Adenoma in the Thyroid. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 2), 2334–2336 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02163-7

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