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Pathological enlargement of the thyroid gland

Fig. 243

Thyroid gland, Glandula thyroidea;

enlargement of the thyroid gland with three obvious nodes, Struma nodosa.

Mm infrahyoidei

V jugularis externa

Trachea

Corpus vertebrae

M. erector spinae

Costa

Proc. spinosus

* Node of the thyroid gland

Fig. 244

Neck, Collum;

computed tomographic (CT) section;

inferior view.

The trachea is displaced towards the right by a pathologically enlarged

node of the thyroid gland.

Clavicula dextra

Manubrium sterni

Mandibula

V jugularis

*

Costa I

Clavicula sinistra

* Node of the thyroid gland

Fig. 245

Neck, Collum;

3-dimensional reconstruction from computed tomographic (CT) sections

showing a heavily enlarged left lobe of the thyroid gland;

same patient as in Fig. 244.