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The size and shape of the thyroid gland may alter remarkably with age, gender, physiological condition, race, and geographical location. Thus the knowledge of the various parameters and position of thyroid gland are important while doing surgeries on thyroid gland as well as during tracheostomy in emergency condition. Materials and methods:The study was structured to investigate the morphometric as well as topographical features of the thyroid gland in 100 cadavers (58 males and 42 females) from Maharashtrian population Result: The right lobe of the thyroid gland was found to be larger than the left lobe. An average length and width of isthmus were 1.38 cm and 1.02 cm. An average weight of thyroid gland was 14.5grams. The P value was 0.00 it shows that gender wise difference in different parameters was highly significant. Most commonly the isthmus was lying opposite to 1 st 2 nd and 3 rd tracheal rings. Gender wise difference in position of isthmus was statistically insignificant. Conclusion:This study highlights the various parameters of thyroid gland as well as shows the gender wise difference in it. KEY WORDS: weight of thyroid gland, position of isthmus, length of right lobe, width of isthmus.

Primary pleuro-pulmonary synovial sarcoma (PPSS) is a rare tumour and poses a diagnostic challenge particularly when unusual histological features are present. We report a case of a 30-year-old immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) sero-positive male who was referred to us with complaints of cough, breathlessness and left-sided chest pain for the past two months. The PPSS can be confirmed on tru-cut biopsy.