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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct;138(5):415-416.
doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2021.03.007. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

Laryngeal dyspnoea and COVID-19

N Voisin  1 , S Tringali  2 , M Fieux  3
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Case Reports

Laryngeal dyspnoea and COVID-19

N Voisin et al. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2021 Oct.
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Fig. 1
Axial (a) and sagittal (b) contrast-enhanced head and neck CT scan demonstrated a posterior subglottic mucosal ulceration measuring 17 × 9 × 15 mm, associated with chondrolysis of the inferior part of the cricoid cartilage (white arrow).
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