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triticeal cartilage
Pathology:
- a rounded nodule of cartilage, the size of a grain of wheat, occasionally present in the posterior margin of the lateral thyrohyoid ligament
Clinical manifestations:
- may sometimes cause dysphagia & neck pain
Differential diagnosis:
- clicking larynx
- Eagle syndrome
- hyoid bone syndrome
General
cartilage
laryngeal disease
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Vatansever A, Demiryurek D, Tatar I, Ozgen B.
The triticeous cartilage - redefining of morphology, prevalence and function.
Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2018;77(4):758-763
PMID: 29611161 Free article.
Component-of
lateral (thyrohyoid/hyothyroid) ligament (Berry ligament)
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