Sonographic Appearance of Cricoid Cartilage Calcification in Healthy Children

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 174; no. 1; pp. 223 - 228
• Main Author: Strauss, Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leesburg, VA Am Roentgen Ray Soc 01.01.2000; American Roentgen Ray Society
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Calcification, Physiologic; Child; Cricoid Cartilage - diagnostic imaging; Cricoid Cartilage - growth & development; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Osteoarticular system. Muscles; Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry; Ultrasonography; Vertebrates: skin, associated glands, phaneres, light organs, various exocrine glands (salt gland, uropygial gland...), adipose tissue, connective tissue; Sonography; Human; Cricoid cartilage; Echography; Calcification; Anatomy; Child

The purpose of this study was to determine the distribution pattern of calcification in cricoid cartilage of healthy children. Sonography of the neck was performed with a high-resolution linear array transducer to show the sides of the cricoid cartilage ring in both the sagittal and transverse plane...