Comet tail artefact
Presentation
Right neck lump. Thyroid cyst on ultrasound.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
From the case:
Comet tail artefact
Ultrasound
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Transverse
Large cyst in the right lobe of the thyroid gland.
Multiple comet tail artefacts within the cyst.
From the case:
Comet tail artefact
Annotated image
transverse
Comet tail artefacts throught out the cyst (red arrows).
Case Discussion
The typical appearances of comet-tail artefact which classically occurs in thyroid colloid cysts.