case_images: PMC4165628_01
case_images: Thyroid mass extension to submandibular area in the first case. "*" The thyroid mass.
case_images: CRIOT2014-569026.001.jpg
case_images: PMC4165628_01_CRIOT2014-569026.001.jpg
case_images: fig1
case_images: In the CT scan, it was observed that the thyroid gland extended into the submandibular area and the SMG was bilaterally absent (Figures 1 and 2).
case_images: Bilateral absence of submandibular gland in the first case.
case_images: CRIOT2014-569026.002.jpg
case_images: PMC4165628_01_CRIOT2014-569026.002.jpg
case_images: fig2
case_images: In the CT scan, it was observed that the thyroid gland extended into the submandibular area and the SMG was bilaterally absent (Figures 1 and 2).
case_images: PMC4165628_02
case_images: Noncontrast computed tomography axial sections demonstrate absence of left submandibular gland in the second case. White arrow shows the right submandibular gland.
case_images: CRIOT2014-569026.003.jpg
case_images: PMC4165628_02_CRIOT2014-569026.003.jpg
case_images: fig3
case_images: Agenesis of the left SMG and compensatory hypertrophy in the right SMG were observed in the CT and MRI scans (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Magnetic resonance image axial sections demonstrate absence of left submandibular gland in the second case. White arrow shows the right submandibular gland.
case_images: CRIOT2014-569026.004.jpg
case_images: PMC4165628_02_CRIOT2014-569026.004.jpg
case_images: fig4
case_images: Agenesis of the left SMG and compensatory hypertrophy in the right SMG were observed in the CT and MRI scans (Figures 3 and 4).