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Riedel’s thyroiditis — Case report and literature review

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A fifty two year old female underwent attempted thyroidectomy for a progressively enlarging cervical swelling. At operation the thyroid gland was extensively fibrosed and not resectable, frozen section showed fibrous replacement. The patient was given a short course of postoperative corticosteroid therapy and was maintained on thyroid replacement therapy. Thirty months later the patient remains asymptomatic.

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    O. H. Brady, D. J. Hehir & S. J. Heffernan

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Brady, O.H., Hehir, D.J. & Heffernan, S.J. Riedel’s thyroiditis — Case report and literature review. I.J.M.S. 163, 176–177 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967224

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