Abstract
The thyroid gland is a highly vascular endocrine organ in the anterior low neck that spans from the fifth cervical vertebrae to the first thoracic vertebrae (Strandring 2005; Harnsberger et al. 2011). The gland consists of a right lobe and a left lobe connected by a narrow, median isthmus. A pyramidal lobe, ascending from the isthmus toward the hyoid, is present in approximately 40 % of patients (Harnsberger et al. 2011).
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Romesser, P.B., Lee, N.Y. (2014). Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Lee, N.Y., Riaz, N., Lu, J.J. (eds) Target Volume Delineation for Conformal and Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2014_1014
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