Disease relevance of Cricoid Cartilage

• Management of the 7 individuals who chose to maintain female sex roles included castration, clitoroplasty, vaginal enlargement procedures when appropriate, treatment of hirsutism, cricoid cartilage reduction, and estrogen replacement [1].
• A patient is presented who developed subglottic stenosis with airway compromise due to an ABC arising from the cricoid cartilage [2].

High impact information on Cricoid Cartilage

• Interestingly, cricoid cartilage defects were also found in a fraction of heterozygote animals for the RAR gamma 1, RAR gamma or RAR alpha mutations, indicating that wild type levels of RARs are required for the normal morphogenesis of this structure [3].
• The anterior cricoid split procedure requires a single midline vertical incision through the anterior cartilaginous ring of the cricoid cartilage and the upper 2 tracheal rings [4].
• Cell origin in experimental repair of cricoid cartilage defects treated with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 [5].
• On CT scans, an erosive mass on the right cricoid cartilage with significant destruction of the surrounding structures was presumed to be an aggressive SCC [6].
• The radiographs showed that the tip of the mask in the CP[-] group was located below the level of the cricoid cartilage (C6 or C7 vertebra) [7].

Biological context of Cricoid Cartilage

• The PCA muscle is easily reached by inserting a needle electrode through the cricothyroid membrane at the midline and penetrating the lamina of the cricoid cartilage in the subglottic cavity [8].

Anatomical context of Cricoid Cartilage

• The 12 subglottises were divided into 3 individual groups: + + +, - + +, and - - -. Group + + + had all tissue layers of the subglottis intact: luminal epithelium, cricoid cartilage, inner and outer perichondrium [9].

Associations of Cricoid Cartilage with chemical compounds

• The results demonstrate that cricotracheal resection in this animal model does not interrupt cricoid luminal area or cricoid cartilage growth, and provides rationale for further investigation of cricoid resection with primary anastomosis in humans [10].

Gene context of Cricoid Cartilage

• OBJECTIVE: The study evaluated the possible differences in the repair of cricoid cartilage defects treated with recombinant human BMP-2 in young and adult rabbits [11].
• Brown tumor in the cricoid cartilage: an unusual manifestation of primary hyperparathyroidism [12].

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