Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 6 , Pages 1099-1104 , December 2009

Incidental papillary carcinoma in patients treated surgically for benign thyroid diseases

  • Dawn P. Bradly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dawn P. Bradly, MD, Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, 1750 W. Harrison Street, 570 Jelke, Chicago, IL 60612.
    • ,
  • Vijaya Reddy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Richard A. Prinz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Department of General Surgery, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Paolo Gattuso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Chicago, IL

,Accepted 24 September 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00566-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.09.025

Surgery
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