Hernández-Salazar JJ, Onofre-Castillo JJ, Torres-Gómez E, García-Pacheco LE, Figueroa-Andere M, Hernández-Salazar JA, Santana-Vela IA

Language: Spanish
References: 7
Page: 82-84
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ABSTRACT

Cervical traumas are common but post-traumatic lesion of the thyroid gland occurs only on rare occasions. In most cases, there is some form of preexisting disorder of the gland, such as goiter, making rupture of a healthy gland even less common. We report a case of rupture of the thyroid gland, following contuse trauma, in a healthy female patient 19 years of age.

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