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Case Reports
. 1979 Sep;105(9):553-4.
doi: 10.1001/archotol.1979.00790210051011.

Osteonecrosis of hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage

P L Bhatia, N K Dutta, J C Sanasam
Case Reports

Osteonecrosis of hyoid bone and thyroid cartilage

P L Bhatia et al. Arch Otolaryngol. 1979 Sep.

Abstract

A 55-year-old man with carcinoma of the right pyriform fossa was treated with cobalt therapy. Subsequently, osteonecrosis of the right greater horn and the right superior horn of the thyroid cartilage developed, followed by pathologic fractures of the processes and spontaneous expulsion of the sequestrae.

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