2006
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0165-1
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The pyramidal lobe: clinical anatomy and its importance in thyroid surgery

Abstract: The pyramidal lobe could be a source of pitfalls in thyroidectomy, due to its frequency but unreliable preoperative diagnosis on scintigraphic images. Special attention has to be paid to the pyramidal lobe to avoid leavings of residual tissue when complete removal of the thyroid is indicated. Sixty cadaveric specimens were examined with special emphasis to the topographical anatomy and expansion of the pyramidal lobe. A pyramidal lobe was found to be present in 55% of the cadavers (32/58). It was found more fr… Show more

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“…En cuanto a la morfología de la glándula tiroides, se manifestó una descripción clásica en la mayoría de los cadáveres estudiados, 92,5%, mientras en el 7,5% restante, se observó la presencia de un lóbulo piramidal. Contrastando con el estudio realizado por Braun et al (2007), quienes practicaron un estudio en 60 cadáveres, 28 mujeres y 32 hombres, percibiendo para ambos sexos, una frecuencia igual o superior al 50% de glándulas tiroides con lóbulos piramidales.…”
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“…En cuanto a la morfología de la glándula tiroides, se manifestó una descripción clásica en la mayoría de los cadáveres estudiados, 92,5%, mientras en el 7,5% restante, se observó la presencia de un lóbulo piramidal. Contrastando con el estudio realizado por Braun et al (2007), quienes practicaron un estudio en 60 cadáveres, 28 mujeres y 32 hombres, percibiendo para ambos sexos, una frecuencia igual o superior al 50% de glándulas tiroides con lóbulos piramidales.…”
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“…1). It is mostly situated in the left paramedian position [8]. PL is usually a thick fibrous strand with minimal thyroid parenchyma in a normal thyroid gland.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Attention is given to identification and dissection of the pyramidal ''lobe,'' which is found in more than 50% of individuals [5,6]. The pyramidal lobe can branch off from the left or right thyroid lobes or from the isthmus.…”
Section: Identification Of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve And Its Anatmentioning
confidence: 99%