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A 6-month-old child is suffocating while lying on his back. The palpation on the anterior wall of trachea up to jugular notch of the sternum revealed tumor-like mass, stretching into the anterior mediastinum. What from the below mentioned can squeeze trachea?

Answer options

  1. Peritracheal lymph nodes
  2. Thyroid gland
  3. Parathyroid glands
  4. Parathyroid lymph nodes
  5. Thymus gland
Correct answer

Thymus gland

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