Table 9. Information about the patient
Sex  M
Age  15
Height  — cm 174
Weight — kg 63
Thyroid volume — cm3 12,7
Follow-up
ultrasound
examinations
 
1990— Normal
1991— Normal
1992— Normal
1995— Normal
1996— Normal
1997— Normal
1998— Normal
Comments Normal
 
 
Fig.25.1. Histogram of integrated optical density.
Number of sections - 5.
Number of pixels in 5 sections - 67125.
Integrated optical density - 0,4418±0,1112 (M±SD).
Normal.
 
 
 

Fig.25.2. Echograms of the thyroid gland and their schematic representations. Normal. Scale 1:1. Fig.25.2 includes sections No.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. The section number is given in the top right corner of the schematic representation.


























 



 

Fig.25.3. Reconstructed two-dimensional images of the thyroid gland. Normal. A - Right lateral view - projection on the sagittal plane. B - Anterior view - projection on the frontal plane. C - Posterior view - projection on the frontal plane. The images are 80% of the scale 1:1. Horizontal lines in fig.25.3.B show the levels of transverse section. Numbers in rectangular frame indicate the sections included in fig.25.2. Signs. 1 - musculus constrictor pharyngis inferior, 2 - cartilago thyroidea, 3 - cartilago cricoidea, 4 - glandula thyroidea, lobus dexter, 5 - oesophagus, 6 - vertebra, 7 - trachea.