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accessory thyroid gland, (suprahyoid/prehyoid/Wolfler gland, thyroideaima)
An isolated mass or one of several such masses of thyroid tissue.
-> Occur along the course of the thyroglossal duct or between the suprahyoid region & arch of aorta.
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thyroid
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
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