Abstract
Thyroid rests are rarely large enough to be seen grossly. The identity of those few grossly visible nodules must be confirmed microscopically; thus, gross diagnosis is virtually impossible.
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Parker, G.A., Valerio, M.G. (1996). Ectopic Thyroid, Rat. In: Jones, T.C., Capen, C.C., Mohr, U. (eds) Endocrine System. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60996-1_25
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