title: Visualization of the thyroid gland with computed tomography.
abstract: Computed tomography of the neck will demonstrate the thyroid gland particularly well after contrast enhancement. Lucent nodules within the thyroid can be demonstrated, but the attenuation numbers are not reliable enough to distinguish cystic from solid lesions with current techniques because of partial volume effects and motion artifacts.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed