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Actions	Thyroid with a calcified cyst Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.14814 TitleThyroid with a calcified cyst DescriptionThyroid with a calcified cyst An incidental finding at necroscopy of a woman of 80. Both lobes of the thyroid are enlarged by colloid storage, the left lobe being one-and-a-half times the usual size. The parathyroids were normal. The right lobe of the thyoid contained a calcified cyst about the size of a hen's egg. Its wall was several millimetres thick, was very hard, and had to be sawn. On opening the cyst clear colourless fluid escaped. Microscopical examination of the surrounding thyroid showed colloid storage, some fibrosis and lymphocytic infilltration. Production placeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh Production date Precise 1963-05-27 - 1963 Production periodTwentieth century Object nameTHYROID Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Jar Height: 14.0 cm Width: 12.8 cm Depth: 8.8 cm

Object numberGC.14814

TitleThyroid with a calcified cyst

DescriptionThyroid with a calcified cyst An incidental finding at necroscopy of a woman of 80. Both lobes of the thyroid are enlarged by colloid storage, the left lobe being one-and-a-half times the usual size. The parathyroids were normal. The right lobe of the thyoid contained a calcified cyst about the size of a hen's egg. Its wall was several millimetres thick, was very hard, and had to be sawn. On opening the cyst clear colourless fluid escaped. Microscopical examination of the surrounding thyroid showed colloid storage, some fibrosis and lymphocytic infilltration.

Production placeWestern General Hospital, Edinburgh

Production date Precise 1963-05-27 - 1963

Production periodTwentieth century

Object nameTHYROID

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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