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An unexpected bilateral mass after total thyroidectomy

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  1. Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy

    Rosa Cannistraci, Emanuele Muraca, Stefano Ciardullo, Giuseppina Manzoni, Gianluca Perseghin & Francesca Zerbini

  2. Department of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Monza, Italy

    Rosa Cannistraci, Stefano Ciardullo & Gianluca Perseghin

  3. Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Cytopathology, Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy

    Edgardo Bonacina

  4. Thyroid Surgery Unit, Policlinico di Monza, Monza, Italy

    Alessandro Garbellini & Franco Mattavelli

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Cannistraci, R., Bonacina, E., Garbellini, A. et al. An unexpected bilateral mass after total thyroidectomy. Endocrine 73, 758–761 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-021-02658-5

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