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Calcifications can be small (< 1 mm) echogenic foci, as in this papillary thyroid carcinomas (a arrowheads, CCA common carotid artery), or coarse (> 1 mm) enough to cause posterior acoustic shadowing as in this benign multinodular goiter (b, arrowheads)
