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| Case [2] | Case [3] | Case [4] | Case [5] | Case | Case |
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Age/sex | 44/male | 29/male | 41/male | 47/male | 36/male | 32/male |
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Precipitating event | Sneeze | Sneeze | Cough | Cough | Sneeze | Swallowing and bending over |
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Symptoms/signs | Odynophagia, dysphagia, dysphonia. Pain and crepitus over the thyroid cartilage | Odynophagia and dysphonia
| Odynophagia, dysphagia, dysphonia. Crepitus over the thyroid cartilage | Odynophagia, dysphagia, dysphonia. Pain over the thyroid cartilage | Odynophagia and dysphonia. Pain over the thyroid cartilage | Odynophagia, dysphagia, dysphonia. Pain over the thyroid cartilage |
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Laryngoscopy | Supraglottic edema, normal vocal fold movement | Right true vocal fold edema, mucosal hematoma, normal vocal fold movement | Left true vocal fold hematoma, left ventricular edema, normal vocal fold movement | Edema of right aryepiglottic fold and both arytenoids, normal glottis, normal vocal fold movement | Left vocal fold hematoma, normal vocal fold movement | Supraglottic edema, normal vocal fold movement |
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Computed tomography (CT) | Not available | Nondisplaced anterior fracture, subcutaneous air | Mildly displaced anterior fracture, subcutaneous air | Mildly displaced anterior fracture, subcutaneous air. Phlegmon formation
| Left parasagittal, complete nondisplaced thyroid cartilage fracture | Left parasagittal, complete nondisplaced thyroid cartilage fracture |
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