Cricoid ossification mimicking an impacted foreign body.
J Laryngol Otol
; 120(7): E24, 2006 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-16834798
ABSTRACT
A 54-year-old man complained of severe throat pain and showed subglottic oedema on fibre-optic endoscopy with a distinctly narrowed subglottic space on anteroposterior radiography of the neck and dense linear opacity at the level of the cricoid cartilage on lateral plain radiography. These findings suggested a foreign body just posterior to the cricopharyngeus, but a computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a dense calcified ridge on the posterior lamina of the cricoid cartilage but no foreign body.The patient improved symptomatically with systemic antibiotics and topical steroids, and gastrointestinal endoscopy did not detect any foreign body. This is a rare case of vertical ossification of the cricoid lamina masquerading as a foreign body.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ossificação Heterotópica
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Cartilagem Cricoide
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Corpos Estranhos
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article