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ArticleClinical case reports2022

Giant multinodular goiter for 24 years; hidden in a village in Western Nepal.

Brihaspati Sigdel, Bhima Neupane, Amrit Pokhrel, Prakash Nepali

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Brihaspati SigdelDepartment of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Gandaki Medical College Pokhara Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8546-6699
Bhima NeupaneDepartment of Anatomy Manipal College of Medical Sciences Pokhara Nepal.
Amrit PokhrelMetrocity Hospital Pokhara Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-0869
Prakash NepaliBhimad Primary Health Centre Bhimad, Tanahun Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-1436

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we present the case of a giant multinodular goiter with retrosternal extension in an old lady with dyspnea for 3 months. The patient was treated with microscopic-assisted total thyroidectomy without any postoperative complications.

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giant multinodular goitermicroscopic‐assisted total thyroidectomyvillage

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PMID35898759
PMCPMC9309745

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