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Anterior cervical pain syndromes: hyoid, thyroid and cricoid cartilage syndromes and their treatment with triamcinolone acetonide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Somyos Kunachak
Somyos Kunachak*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Ramathibodi Hospital, University of Mahidol School of Medicine, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
*
Address for correspondence: Somyos Kunachak, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol university, Rama V1 Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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Abstract

Fifty-one patients who presented with anterior cervical or throat pain, without apparent cause, were selected for study at the ENT outpatient department from January 1987 to January 1992. Their clinical symptoms, probable aetiologies and treatment were studied. The most common diagnosis was hyoid syndrome, followed by thyroid cartilage syndrome and cricoid cartilage syndrome. These last two syndromes have not been previously reported because they were coined in Ramathibodi Hospital for patients who had similar clinical patterns localized to the thyroid and cricoid cartilages respectively. Treatment using intralesional triamcinolone acetonide injection was effective in all cases. There was no recurrence after one-five years follow-up.

Keywords

PainHyoid boneCricoid cartilageThyroid cartilagePharynxTriamcinolone acetonide

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 49 - 52
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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