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Will the shepherd be able to play the alpine horn with that huge goiter (XVI century)?

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Abstract

Purpose

There are many of the representations in iconography of individuals with goiters reported in the literature.

Methods

The article describe a unique representation of goiter, as observed by the authors in a sculpture in Italy.

Results

In a Nativity, in the upper part of the altar of the Church of the Annunciata, Boccioleto (Val Sermenza, Piedmont, Italy), a horn player with a huge goiter, gladdens the Holy Family. Wooden work by Francesco Antonio d'Alberto, 1694.

Conclusion

This is an appropriate example of the iconography of “real goiter,” since in this case the sculptor had the aim of showing person with goiter.

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  1. University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

    R. Dionigi

  2. Department of Thyroid Surgery, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Jilin Provincial Precision Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Translational Medicine on Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, 126 Xiantai Blvd, Changchun City, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China

    D. Zhang

  3. Division for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Via C. Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy

    G. Dionigi

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Dionigi, R., Zhang, D. & Dionigi, G. Will the shepherd be able to play the alpine horn with that huge goiter (XVI century)?. J Endocrinol Invest 43, 873–874 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-019-01170-y

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