Koşar, Mehmet İlkay Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Anatomy, Turkey , Tetiker, Hasan Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Anatomy, Turkey , Gençer, Ceren Uğuz Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Anatomy, Turkey , Balcı, Yasemin Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Forensic Medicine, Turkey , sahan, Murat Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turkey

A variation of the thyroid cartilage: Absence of left superior cornu

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The agenesis of superior cornu is one of the congenital or acquired abnormalities of the thyroidcartilage. Superior cornu may not be present congenitally or may be dislocated subsequently. Theagenesis of superior cornu may be diagnosed as a fracture mistakenly. In this article, 70-year-oldmale patient is presented who did not have left superior cornu of thyroid cartilage which wasdetected by autopsy.

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Superior cornu , thyroid cartilage , larynx anomaly , autopsy , agenesis

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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