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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep 25:2014:bcr2014206634.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206634.

Ectopic thymic parathyroid adenoma

Dukhabandhu Naik  1 , K Felix Jebasingh  2 , Anish Jacob Cherian  3 , Riddhi Dasgupta  2
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Case Reports

Ectopic thymic parathyroid adenoma

Dukhabandhu Naik et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Technetium-99m (99mTc) sestamibi scan showing ectopic parathyroid uptake at 90 min.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Single photon emission CT showing ectopic parathyroid adenoma below the right lobe of thyroid.
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