Foreign body sensation in the throat due to displacement of the superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage: Two cases and a literature review

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 608-609

  Nadig, Shri K ^a   Uppal, S ^a   Back, G W ^a   Coatesworth, A P ^a   Grace, A R H ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoscopic Surgical Procedures; Pharynx; Thyroid Cartilage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; THROAT IRRITATION;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID CARTILAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746922715     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106001125     Document Type: Review

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