Open AccessThe “Postcricoid Cushion”
Author(s) -
Stephen R. Hoff,
Peter J. Koltai
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archives of otolaryngology - head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-361X
pISSN - 0886-4470
DOI - 10.1001/archoto.2012.932
Subject(s) - medicine , crying , plexus , cardiology , surgery , psychiatry
To describe the cyclical vascular enlargement that occurs in the postcricoid region during the expiratory phase on an infant's cry, and to consider the anatomic, physiologic, and clinical implications of this phenomenon, which we term the "postcricoid cushion."
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