<unk>  is the apparent fullness of the front part of the neck. It may be mistakenly diagnosed as thyroid enlargement. The cause for<unk>  can be fat tissue of the neck, cervical lordosis, cervical masses (such as cervical lymphadenopathy, branchial cleft cyst, pharyngeal diverticulum) or high lying thyroid or trachea.<unk>  due to cervical lordosis (swan shaped-neck) is called Modigliani syndrome after the artist Amedeo Modigliani, who was famous for painting women with exaggerated curved neck.<unk>  can be distinguished from other disease conditions of the neck by physical examination. Normal thyroid moves up with swallowing, and any structure attached to the thyroid such as a true<unk> , also moves along with thyroid. A<unk>  is unlikely if the area of fullness moves with swallowing. If<unk>  is due to cervical lordosis, the fullness disappears on straightening of the neck. A high-lying thyroid can be excluded by palpation. If the diagnosis is uncertain after clinical examination, an ultrasonogram is taken to rule out pathology of the neck.
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