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  • Title: [Zuckerkandl tubercle of the thyroid gland (anatomo-surgical study: preliminary considerations)].
    Author: Musajo FG, Mangiante G, Ischia A, Marchiori L, Benati G, Mainente M, Tenci A, Costa V, Asnicar A, Nicoli N.
    Journal: Chir Ital; 1989; 41(2-3):129-36. PubMed ID: 2638217.
    Abstract:
    The presence of tubercle of Zuckerkandl (TZ) of the thyroid gland has been investigated in 20 specimens obtained from patients died from diseases not concerned to the cervical area. The project mas undertaken to elucidate the presence and the role of TZ as normal anatomical landmark. Special attempt has been paid to the relationships of the TZ with parathyroid gland and recurrent laryngeal nerve and the branches of the inferior thyroid artery. The tubercle was constantly found on the postero-medial surface of the thyroid lobe which showed constant relations with the branches of the inferior thyroid artery, superior parathyroid gland and recurrent laryngeal nerve. The outcomes of this preliminary report prove that TZ is an useful anatomical landmark to detect both superior parathyroid gland and laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery.
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