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Table 5 Clinical circumstances and ultrasound examinations

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

  1. NA, no data available.