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Pendred Syndrome with Retrosternal Goitre- A Rare Case Report

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Pendred syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by goiter associated with sensory-neural deafness. The thyroid glands of affected individuals cannot organify iodide efficiently due to a defective gene in chromosome 7. Here we report a case of Pendred syndrome with retrosternal goitre.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, JN Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

    H. Sreekar, V. M. Uppin, Santosh Patil, Amol Mutkekar & C. Tejus

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Sreekar, H., Uppin, V.M., Patil, S. et al. Pendred Syndrome with Retrosternal Goitre- A Rare Case Report. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 329–330 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0702-6

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