Clinical Photograph: “A Third Arythenoid?”
ABSTRACT
A case of anatomical variation of the hyoid bone in a girl is presented. Over-extended bending of the elongated and curved right side of the hyoid bone, may project to the lumen of the supraglottic area as the patient presented. She had a foreign body sensation in her throat, and on fiber optic laryngeal examination, a bulge’s appearance as a “third arythenoid” was seen. We present the clinical finding and the picture of a “third arythenoid” with literature review.
Cite this paper
I. Braverman and Y. Pastuhov, "Clinical Photograph: “A Third Arythenoid?”," International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2014, pp. 54-55. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2014.31012.
I. Braverman and Y. Pastuhov, "Clinical Photograph: “A Third Arythenoid?”," International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2014, pp. 54-55. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2014.31012.
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[1] H. Gray, “The Hyoid Bone,” Anatomy of the Human Body, II. Osteology, 5b. 9. [2] A. Holiblova and L. Machalek, “A Report on Anomalies of the Digastric Muscle,” Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultatis Medicae, Vol. 142, 1999, pp. 57-59. [3] V. Ilankovan, “An Anomaly of the Thyro-Hyoid Articulation,” The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, Vol. 101, No. 9, pp. 959-961.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100103068 [4] A. Boyadjian, K. Marsot-Dupuch, E. Scmitt, C. Chouard and J. Tubiana, “Developmental Anomaly of the Hyoid Bone: An Unusual Cause of Dysphagia,” Journal of Radiology, Vol. 82, No. 4, 2001, pp. 491-494.