Table 10. Information about the patient
Sex M
Age  25
Height  — cm 180
Weight — kg 83
Thyroid volume — cm3 28,7
Follow-up
ultrasound
examinations
 
1986— Normal
1987— Normal
1989— Normal
1991— Normal
1994— Normal
1995— Normal
1996— Normal
1997— Normal
1998— Normal
Comments Normal
 
 
Fig.27.1. Histogram of integrated optical density.
Number of sections - 5.
Number of pixels in 5 sections - 79737.
Integrated optical density - 0,4327±0,1183 (M±SD).
Normal.
 
 
 

Fig. 27.2. Echograms of the thyroid gland and their schematic representations. Normal. Scale 1:1. Fig.27.2 in-cludes sections No.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12. The section number is given in the top right corner of the schematic represen-tation.


























 



 

Fig.27.3. 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.27.3.B show the levels of transverse section. Numbers in rectangular frame indicate the sections included in fig.27.2. Signs. 1 - musculus constrictor pharyngis inferior, 2 - cartilago thyroidea, 3 - cartilago cricoidea, 4 - glandula thyroidea, lobus dexter, 5 - oesophagus, 6 - vertebra, 7 - trachea.