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Tuberculous Abscesses in the Head and Neck Region

Diagnostics, 2022
Tuberculosis represents a global health challenge and is one of the leading infectious killers, with over a million people succumbing to it every year. While the disease is primarily prevalent in developing countries, where 95% of cases and deaths occur,
Lukas D. Landegger
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Multiple Dermoid Cysts in the Epiglottis Presenting with Dysphonia and Dysphagia: A Rare Case

Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Dermoid cysts are developmental anomalies that occur during midline fusion in embryological life. It is known that they can also be acquired as a result of traumatic and iatrogenic implantation.
Ecem Sevim Akı, Onur Çorakçı, Selin Canpolat   +2 more
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Intubation of underestimated airway in a patient with epiglottis adhesion to the posterior wall of the laryngeal cavity -A case report- [PDF]

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Background Epiglottis abnormality is rare condition and can lead embarrassing intubation to anesthesiologists. Here, we reported a case of successful management in a patient with unexpected hidden vocal cords due to epiglottis adhesion to the posterior ...
Gayoung Jin, Sukyoung Lee, Jungchan Park
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Pharyngeal diameter in various head and neck positions during exercise in sport horses [PDF]

, 2014
Background In equine athletes, dynamic stenotic disorders of the upper airways are often the cause for abnormal respiratory noises and/or poor performance.
Barton, Ann Kristin, Go, Li-mei, Ohnesorge, Bernhard   +2 more
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MORFOLOGIA DA LARINGE E TRAQUEIA DE GAMBÁS (Didelphis sp.)

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2013
Many species of opossums are created and used in laboratories, opening a wide field for studying and acquiring knowledge about the habits, diseases, diet and reproduction of these animals.
Bruno Machado Bertassoli, Amilton Cesar Santos, Franceliusa Delys de Oliveira, Daniela Moraes de Oliveira, Antonio Chaves Assis-Neto, Ana Flavia Carvalho   +5 more
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The evaluation of a better intubation strategy when only the epiglottis is visible: a randomized, cross-over mannequin study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2019
BackgroundThe Cormack-Lehane (C-L) grade III airway is considered to be a challenging airway to intubate and is associated with a poor intubation success rate. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the holding position, shapes, bend angles
T. Hung, Li-Wei Lin, Y. Yeh, Yung-Cheng Su, Chieh-Hung Lin, Ten-Fang Yang   +5 more
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Pharyngeal reconstruction after total laryngectomy with sliding epiglottis: technical aspects with retrospective review

Frontiers in Oncology
Introduction Several techniques have been employed for defect reconstruction after total laryngectomy, among others sliding epiglottoplasty. As there is a paucity of data on sliding epiglottoplasty after total laryngectomy, this study aimed to present ...
Aleš Grošelj, Ivana Tancer, A. Jerman, Jošt Paučič, Luka Pušnik   +4 more
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Pathophysiology and diagnostic approach to laryngomalacia in infants [PDF]

, 2003
SummaryLaryngomalacia is defined as collapse of supraglottic structures during inspiration. It is the most common laryngeal disease of infancy. Laryngomalacia presents in the form of stridor, a high-pitched, musical, vibrating, multiphase inspiratory ...
Manning, Carrabin, Chandra, Holinger, Schroeder, Richter, Roger, Archer, Zoumalan, Mancuso, Dickson, Mitchell, Reddy, Sakakura, Smith, Thompson, Lane, Jacobs, Zwartenkot, Holinger, Sivan, Matthews, Gonzalez, Woo, Abadie, Froehlich, Roger   +26 more
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Upper and Lower Airways Evaluation and Its Relationship with Dynamic Upper Airway Obstruction in Racehorses

Animals, 2022
Dynamic upper airway obstructions (DUAO) are common in racehorses, but their pathogenetic mechanisms have not been completely clarified yet. Multiple studies suggest that alterations of the pharyngo-laryngeal region visible at resting endoscopy may be ...
Chiara Maria Lo Feudo, Giovanni Stancari, Federica Collavo, Luca Stucchi, Bianca Conturba, Enrica Zucca, Francesco Ferrucci   +6 more
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A Case of Radiation-Induced Multifocal Laryngeal Angiosarcoma Presenting as a Diagnostic Dilemma [PDF]

, 2012
Head and neck sarcomas are relatively rare tumors, with angiosarcomas representing a small subset. Angiosarcoma is a malignant endothelial neoplasm characterized by atypical, multilayered, or solid endothelial proliferation with vasoformative ...
Dowdall, Jayme R., Kim, Harold, Lin, Ho-Sheng, Opfermann, Krisha J.   +3 more
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