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Although the parathyroid is often intimately associated with the thyroid gland, it might have migrated further afield; for this reason, scans are extended from the upper neck at the inferior margin of the submandibular glands out to the carotid sheaths, and down to the supra-clavicular areas.
Ultrasound--first imaging modality in the detection of parathyroid ... by Ahmed, R.; Khan, N.; Ellemdin, S.; Gayaparsad, Keshree / South African Journal of Radiology
When it occurs, the radiologist should examine the neck for the presence of a lesion along the course of the vagus nerve (cranial nerve X), which passes through the pars nervosa of the jugular foramen and along the carotid sheath.
Vocal fold paralysis secondary to a jugular foramen schwannoma by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
The muscle was wedged between the carotid sheath antero-medially; and the brachial plexus and scalenus medius postero-laterally as shown in Figure 2.
The posterior triangle of the neck: where is scalenus anterior? by Kennedy, Ewan; Mercer, Susan / New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy
 
 
 
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