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The thyroid problem, & ? of mediastinum

Posted By: Margaret Walker on 2007-05-05
In Reply to: Not hard to research stuff like that using google. - Me

Subject: The thyroid problem, & ? of mediastinum

At times a thyroid problem can invade the mediastinum.  "Intramediastinal" could be used in a hypothetical discussion of this possibility.  (???) 


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