Assertion: epiglottis | /r/AtLocation | the tongue
Facets:
value: on the radiograph
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A total of 301 patients with a discharge diagnosis of acute epiglottitis were recruited, 41 of whom were excluded for the following reasons: 28 patients had no digitized radiographs available because only a direct laryngoscopic visualization was used to confirm the diagnosis; in 13 patients, epiglottis parameters could not be measured because the epiglottis was attached to the tongue on the radiograph.
text: A total of 1265 potential control subjects were included, 99 of whom were excluded for the following reasons: 61 patients had at least 1 symptom suggesting epiglottitis; in 26 patients, the epiglottis parameters could not be measured because the epiglottis was attached to the tongue on the radiograph; 2 patients had a history of head and neck malignancy; 7 patients had a history of fracture of the cervical spine; 3 patients had swelling around the vallecula caused by fish bone foreign bodies identified using laryngoscopy.