Superior thyroid cornu syndrome

Last revised by David Luong on 12 Jul 2021

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Luong D, Superior thyroid cornu syndrome. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 16 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71072

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71072

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/71072

rID:

71072

Article created:

17 Sep 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

12 Jul 2021, David Luong ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised David Luong had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

Sections:

Syndromes

Synonyms:

Superior thyroid horn syndrome

Superior thyroid cornu syndrome refers to a situation when there is precipitation of dysphagia and /or other symptoms as a hypertrophy +/- ossification of one of both the both of the superior horns (cornu) of the thyroid cartilage. This can also result from extreme medial deviation.