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CASE REPORT

The first report of bilateral retropharyngeal lymph node metastasis from papillary thyroid carcinoma and review of the literature

Kazuyuki KainumaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, JapanCorrespondencekazuyuki@shinshu
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Ryosuke KitohDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Hidekane YoshimuraDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Shin-ichi UsamiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
Pages 1341-1348 | Received 26 May 2011, Accepted 07 Jul 2011, Published online: 05 Sep 2011

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