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Original Article

Diagnosis of aneurysm of superior thyroid artery by CT and MR imaging

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Pages 420-422 | Accepted 20 Nov 1991, Published online: 04 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

A 51-year-old man presented with a nonpulsatile anterior neck mass which suggested a thyroglossal duct cyst. at CT a small cystic mass was revealed. the mass contained a well-defined, crescent-shaped, low-density area with homogeneous contrast enhancement. on MR T2-weighted spin-echo and gradient-echo images the mass was as hyperintense as the neck vessels. Angiography and operation confirmed an aneurysm of the left superior thyroid artery with a mural thrombus

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