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Figure 2

From: Acute transient thyroid swelling after catheterization of the subclavian vein

Figure 2

Computed tomography imaging of the neck. (a) Transverse and (b) reconstructed coronal computed tomography images of the thyroid gland showing the anatomical relationship between the enlarged thyroid and the puncture trajectory for subclavian vein catheterization. This suggests that inadvertent puncture of the thyroid gland could have occurred during subclavian vein catheterization.

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