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[Rheumatoid arthritis in the cricoarytenoid joint]. 1994

I Jajić, and M Dubravica, and Z Jajić

Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju Medicinskog fakulteta, KB, Sestre milosrdnice, Zagreb.

We present a female patient of 42 years with hoarseness, irradiation of pain into the ear and feeling of fullness in the throat when speaking and swallowing. The symptoms lasted about 9 months and intensively last 10 days. The edema and redness as well as adduction of vocal cords was conformed by laryngoscopy. It was sure rheumatoid arthritis of the cricoarythenoid joint which reacted relatively good on prednisolone therapy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007818	Laryngeal Diseases	Pathological processes involving any part of the LARYNX which coordinates many functions such as voice production, breathing, swallowing, and coughing.	Laryngeal Perichondritis,Larynx Diseases,Disease, Laryngeal,Disease, Larynx,Diseases, Laryngeal,Diseases, Larynx,Laryngeal Disease,Laryngeal Perichondritides,Larynx Disease,Perichondritides, Laryngeal,Perichondritis, Laryngeal
D003413	Cricoid Cartilage	The small thick cartilage that forms the lower and posterior parts of the laryngeal wall.	Cartilage, Cricoid,Cartilages, Cricoid,Cricoid Cartilages
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001172	Arthritis, Rheumatoid	A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.	Rheumatoid Arthritis
D001193	Arytenoid Cartilage	One of a pair of small pyramidal cartilages that articulate with the lamina of the CRICOID CARTILAGE. The corresponding VOCAL LIGAMENT and several muscles are attached to it.	Arytenoid Cartilages,Cartilage, Arytenoid,Cartilages, Arytenoid