Anatomical Variations of Thyroid Gland & Its Clinical Significance
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 9
Abstract
Thyroid gland is located anteriorly in the neck at the level of 5,6,7cervical &1thoracic vertebrae. It lies deep to sterno thyroid& sterno hyoid .The morphological variations are usually diagnosed incidentally during examination for other thyroid diseases. This study was done to observe the gross anatomical features of the thyroid in 30 cadavers [21male 9female] 20 from anatomy&10 from forensic medicine at Rajiv Gandhi institute of medical sciences ongole, Andhra Pradesh. In our study we observed lobes of thyroid, absence of isthmus, pyramidal lobe, levator glandulae thyroidea, accessory thyroid tissue. This study highlights the various developmental anomalies of the thyroid gland which is an useful information in the treatment and for safe and effective surgeries to clinicians.
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Dr. G. Hemalatha, Dr. M . Subba Rao
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