title: Cricoarytenoid joint involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: radiologic evaluation.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis rarely involves the cricoarytenoid joint. The possible consequent symptom includes hoarseness, dysphagia, odynophagia, dysfunctional dysphonia, and acute dyspnea. Etiologic diagnosis is possible with high-resolution computed tomography, which can show spacing of the articular cartilage, density and volume alterations, and subluxation of the cartilage. However, these radiologic signs are not pathognomonic for rheumatoid arthritis, and they should be combined with anamnestic data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sensory Organs, University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fusconi
authors.forename: Gian Franco
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Macri
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marinelli
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polettini
authors.forename: Anna Teresa
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Benincasa
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Vincentiis
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed