Table 12. Information about the patient
Sex M
Age  21
Height  — cm 167
Weight — kg 62
Thyroid volume — cm3 17,5
Follow-up
ultrasound
examinations
1987— Normal
1988— Normal
1990— Normal
1991— Normal
1993— Normal
1996— Normal
1997— Normal
1998— Normal
Comments Normal
 
 
Fig.33.1. Histogram of integrated optical density.
Number of sections - 5.
Number of pixels in 5 sections - 76617.
Integrated optical density - 0,2830±0,0778 (M±SD).
Normal.
 
 
 

Fig. 33.2. Echograms of the thyroid gland and their schematic representations. Normal. Scale 1:1. Fig.33.2 includes sections No. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12. The section number is given in the top right corner of the schematic representation.


























 



 

Fig.33.3. 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.33.3.B show the levels of transverse section. Numbers in rectangular frame indicate the sections included in fig.33.2. Signs. 1 - musculus constrictor pharyngis inferior, 2 - cartilago thyroidea, 3 - cartilago cricoidea, 4 - glandula thyroidea, lobus dexter, 5 - oesophagus, 6 - vertebra, 7 - trachea.