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Goiter in a Fresco by Giovanni Luigi Valesio (1611, Church of Saints Eusebio and Vittore, Peglio, Como)

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In the Fresco, “Faith and Its Fight Against Heresy (1611, Church of Saints Eusebio and Vittore, Peglio, Como)” is depicted as an old woman with ‘scattered and steep hairs’, ugly and physically in poor condition, also due to the presence of a voluminous goiter.

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  1. Division of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Section, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    G. Dionigi

  2. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    G. Dionigi

  3. Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, Milan, Italy

    R. Dionigi

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Dionigi, G., Dionigi, R. Goiter in a Fresco by Giovanni Luigi Valesio (1611, Church of Saints Eusebio and Vittore, Peglio, Como). J Endocrinol Invest 45, 1801–1803 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-021-01678-2

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