Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility

Mirror image artifact in ultrasound is not an unusual phenomenon. However, it is rarely seen in thyroid ultrasound because of the natural convexity of the tracheal surface. We report a mirror artifact during thyroid ultrasound in a patient with an excessively collapsible trachea. Minor pressure with...

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Autores principales: You, Jai Kyung, Kim, Do Joong, Kim, Bomi, Hong, Yong Kook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Sonography
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.024
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Kim, Do Joong
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Kim, Bomi
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description Mirror image artifact in ultrasound is not an unusual phenomenon. However, it is rarely seen in thyroid ultrasound because of the natural convexity of the tracheal surface. We report a mirror artifact during thyroid ultrasound in a patient with an excessively collapsible trachea. Minor pressure with the transducer made the trachea surface flat or concave, and then a cyst in the thyroid was mirrored across the trachea, which mimicked an intratracheal cyst. This case illustrates how an unusual collapsible trachea can generate an image that simulates an intratracheal lesion during thyroid ultrasound.
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spelling pubmed-60000592018-06-14 Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility You, Jai Kyung Kim, Do Joong Kim, Bomi Hong, Yong Kook Radiol Case Rep Sonography Mirror image artifact in ultrasound is not an unusual phenomenon. However, it is rarely seen in thyroid ultrasound because of the natural convexity of the tracheal surface. We report a mirror artifact during thyroid ultrasound in a patient with an excessively collapsible trachea. Minor pressure with the transducer made the trachea surface flat or concave, and then a cyst in the thyroid was mirrored across the trachea, which mimicked an intratracheal cyst. This case illustrates how an unusual collapsible trachea can generate an image that simulates an intratracheal lesion during thyroid ultrasound. Elsevier 2018-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6000059/ /pubmed/29904484 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.024 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Sonography
You, Jai Kyung
Kim, Do Joong
Kim, Bomi
Hong, Yong Kook
Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title_full Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title_fullStr Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title_full_unstemmed Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title_short Thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
title_sort thyroid cyst mirror artifact mimicking a tracheal cyst on ultrasound in a patient with excessive trachea collapsibility
topic Sonography
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6000059/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29904484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.01.024
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