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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Reddy Kothagadi M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

There are no CT scan findings associated with goiter.

CT scan

• There are no CT scan findings associated with goiter
• Although it gives an excellent anatomical detail of thyroid swelling but has no role as the first line of investigation
• It also helps to assess recurrence and intrathoracic or retrosternal goiter

By Stockholm (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Stockholm (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons