Thyroid anomalies with its embryological and clinical correlation

• Main Authors: R Sharada (Author), Chandni Gupta (Author), Sneha Kalthur (Author), Shakuntala R Pai (Author), G B Rairam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Thyroid gland is the first endocrine gland to start developing in the embryo. It is well-known for its developmental anomalies such as persistence of pyramidal lobe, thyroglossal duct, agenesis of isthmus, agenesis or hemiagenesis of thyroid gland, or aberrant thyroid glands. These anomal...