So-Called Posterior Mediastinal Goiter

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EVERY freshman medical student approaches his final examination in anatomy with apprehension. Probably, it is the multi-layered cervical fascia that presents the real challenge to his confidence. The neck is divided into superficial and deep compartments by connective-tissue planes. The deep cervical fascia itself is subdivided into the superficial, the middle or pretracheal and the deep or prevertebral layers. Students of anatomy will recall that a layer of fascia envelops the thyroid gland. This capsule, made up of the middle strata of the deep cervical fascia, stretches easily when its contents enlarge.With increase in size of the thyroid gland . . .
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