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Tenderness Over the Hyoid Bone Can Indicate Epiglottitis in Adults

Hiroshi Ehara
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2006, 19 (5) 517-520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.5.517

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  • Figure 1.
    Figure 1.

    Lateral soft tissue radiograph of the neck in case 2: thumb sign: rounded configuration of the epiglottis (1); vallecula sign: narrowing of the vallecula (2); hyoid bone (3).

  • Figure 2.
    Figure 2.

    Anatomic association between the epiglottis and the hyoid bone; the epiglottis, valeculla, and base of the tongue are just behind the hyoid bone.

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