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The neck computer tomography (CT) of the patient revealed poor enhancing and well-defined nodules in left upper pole (A and B, white arrow). The tongue of the patient was deviated to the left side indicating of hypoglossal nerve palsy (C), after endoscopic thyroidectomy combined with da Vinci robotic systems.
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Previously, she had had an about 7 mm sized, poor enhancing and well-defined thyroid nodules by neck computer tomography (CT) (Fig. 1A and B). However, she complained of the tongue deviation to the left side, speech disturbance and swallowing difficulty coinciding with hypoglossal nerve palsy after thyroidectomy (Fig 1C).