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Mediastinal lymph node metastases 6 years after latero-cervical lymph node dissection for metastases from undiagnosed occult papillary thyroid carcinoma

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    Antonella Carbone, Domenico Savio Cito, Pasquale Bellitti, Maria Chiara Fabiano & Rocco Bruno

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Carbone, A., Cito, D.S., Bellitti, P. et al. Mediastinal lymph node metastases 6 years after latero-cervical lymph node dissection for metastases from undiagnosed occult papillary thyroid carcinoma. Endocrine 72, 294–296 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-020-02404-3

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