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<journal-id>2521-2281</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina clínica y social]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. clín. soc.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2521-2281</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Filial de Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Cátedra de Socioantropología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2521-22812021000300131</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.52379/mcs.v5i3.217</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Características Tomográficas de la Anatomía Laríngea Normal en pacientes que acuden al Servicio de Medicina en Imágenes del Hospital de Clínicas San Lorenzo, Paraguay 2020]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tomographic Characteristics of Normal Laryngeal Anatomy in patients attending the Medical Imaging Service of the Hospital de Clínicas San Lorenzo, Paraguay 2020]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santacruz-Agüero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mena-Canata]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>131</fpage>
<lpage>134</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2521-22812021000300131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2521-22812021000300131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2521-22812021000300131&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La tomografía computarizada es el estudio Gold standard para complementar a la endoscopia en el estudio de patologías laríngeas. Por lo tanto, se debe tener conocimiento de la anatomía normal de la laringe.  Metodología:  Se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo, de corte transversal retrospectivo. Se recolecto los datos a través del análisis tomográfico, se analizaron 26 tomografías de pacientes que acudieron al Servicio de Imágenes del Hospital de Clínicas sin patología laríngea. Las variables investigadas fueron características tomográficas como: Calcificación cartílagos laríngeos, Altura cartílago tiroideo, Distancia tiro-aritenoidea, Distancia interaritenoidea, Altura y diámetro del espacio preepiglótico.  Resultados:  Se lograron identificar cada una de las características anatómicas radiológicas buscadas. Además, se realizaron las mediciones correspondientes, detallando el promedio de cada una de las mediciones y clasificándolo por sexo. La altura de cartílago tiroideo la media en hombres fue 28.05±1.2 mm y en mujeres fue 27.8±0.92 mm, para la distancia Tiro-aritenoidea en hombres fue 12.3±1.3 y en mujeres 10.97±0.95 mm, para el diámetro transversal del cartílago tiroideo en hombres fue 16.63±1.58 mm y en mujeres 17.96±1.11 mm.  Conclusión:  Los promedios de las mediciones realizadas fueron mayor en hombres excepto en el diámetro transversal del cartílago tiroideo, La prevalencia de calcificación de cartílagos laríngeos fue del 54% de los pacientes estudiados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Computed tomography is the Gold standard study to complement endoscopy in the study of laryngeal pathologies. Therefore, knowledge of the normal anatomy of the larynx is required.  Methodology:  A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out. Data were collected through tomographic analysis, 26 tomographies of patients who attended the Imaging Service of the Hospital de Clínicas without laryngeal pathology were analyzed. The variables investigated were tomographic characteristics such as: laryngeal cartilage calcification, thyroid cartilage height, thyro-arytenoid distance, interarytenoid distance, height and diameter of the pre-epiglottic space.  Results: Each of the radiological anatomical characteristics sought were identified. In addition, the corresponding measurements were taken, detailing the average of each of the measurements and classifying them by sex. The average thyroid cartilage height in men was 28.05±1.2 mm and in women was 27.8±0.92 mm, for the thyro-arytenoid distance in men was 12.3±1.3 and in women 10.97±0.95 mm, for the transverse diameter of the thyroid cartilage in men was 16.63±1.58 mm and in women 17.96±1. 11 mm.  Conclusions: The averages of the measurements taken were higher in men except for the transverse diameter of the thyroid cartilage. The prevalence of laryngeal cartilage calcification was 54% of the patients studied.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[anatomía laríngea normal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tomografía computarizada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[calcificación cartílagos laríngeos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[altura cartílago tiroideo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[distancia tiro-aritenoidea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[interaritenoidea]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espacio preepiglótico.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[normal laryngeal anatomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[computed tomography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[laryngeal cartilage calcification]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thyroid cartilage height]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thyro-arytenoid]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[interarytenoid distance]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[preepiglottic space]]></kwd>
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