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Goiter in a fresco by i Fiammenghini, 1615 (Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano, Chiaravalle, Italy)

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In a large fresco, which narrates brutal episodes of torture against Cirtercian monks, in the right corner of the background an ugly aggressor with a huge goiter, symbol of evil and sin, attacks a monk with a sword.

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This report received specific grant from Eurocrine project no. 2022_01_25_05.

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

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  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 i Fiammenghini, 1615 (Abbey of Santa Maria di Rovegnano, Chiaravalle, Italy). J Endocrinol Invest 45, 2023–2024 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01763-0

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