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Cervical Pain (1046)
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enlarged lymph nodes --> may indicate malignant tumor, 1` cancer may be in thorax of abdomen
chronic pain --> caused by bony abnormalities or trauma usually affected by movement of head/neck; exaggerated by coughing or sneezing |
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Fracture of the Hyoid (1048)
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a sign of strangulation by compression of the throat
results in body of hyoid being depressed towards thyroid cartilage swallowing and separation of alimentary and respiratory tracts difficult --> aspiration pneumonia |
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Paralysis of the Platysma (1049)
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results from injury to cervical branch of the facial nerve
skin falls away from neck in slack folds *must carefully suture skin and edges of pla |
