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Fig. 3

From: Unusual nodular goiter with recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy due to severe degeneration caused by intense chronic inflammation: a case report with histopathological evidence and review of the literature

Fig. 3

Surgical findings. A: Intraoperative view after resection of the right lobe mass of the thyroid gland, followed by central compartment neck dissection. The right recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) was unavoidably resected along with the right lobe. (Arrows, right common carotid artery; arrowheads, excised section of the thyroid gland). B: Macroscopic view of the excised tissue, including the right lobe mass lesion of the thyroid gland. C: Horizontal cross-sectional view of the specimen used for histopathological examination. The rectangular section contains the resected RLN, which corresponds to that indicated in Fig. 3 A

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BMC Endocrine Disorders

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