From: Unexpected esophageal diseases appeared in thyroid resections
Source | Age (years)/sex | Chief complaint | Type of surgery | Size (cm) | ultrasound description | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case 3 | 47/F | Pressure sensation | Excision and repair | 2.2 × 4 | Solitary, irregular hyper echoic area | L |
Case 4 | 39/F | Pressure sensation | Excision and repair | 3.2 × 3.6 | Solitary, substantial low echo | L |
Case 5 | 54/M | Pressure sensation | Excision and repair | 1.8 × 1 | Solitary, low echo of mass with post acoustic shadow | L |
Case 6 | 35/F | Pressure sensation | Excision and repair | 4 × 3.5 | Solitary, hyper echoic foci | L |
Case 7 | 37/F | Hoarseness | Excision and repair | 4 × 4 | Solitary, grit calcification | L |
Bin [8] | 50/F | Mild pharyngeal foreign body sensation | No | 1.2 × 0.6 | Solitary, hypo echoic, calcified | L |
Yong Fang et al. 2011 [9] | 73/F | Finding left neck mass | Excision and repair | 3 × 1.8 | Solitary, cystic and solid mass | L |
Beth-Ann [10] | 54/F | Finding left neck mass | NA | 2 × 1.2 | Solitary, heterogeneous hypo echoic | L |