Palpation is best done from the behind with the patient's neck slightly flexed to relax the sternomastoid muscles. Both hands are placed with the fingers over the gland, feeling for both lobes of the gland and its isthmus.
The sternomastoid may be pulled back with the fingers.
Measurement accurately charts the size.
Localised swellings may be better defined from the front.
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