Management of a Long-Standing Huge Goiter During a Humanitarian Mission: A Case Report

Cheikh Ahmédou Lame1, Mehmet Atila2, Bertin Dembele3

  • 1ENT Department, Hopital Principal de Dakar, Dakar, SEN.

Cureus
|June 26, 2023
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