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case_images: (A) Fiberoptic laryngoscopy on admission shows a red and swollen epiglottis, consistent with acute epiglottitis. (B) A computed tomography image of the patient's neck after a cricothyroidotomy reveals that the tracheostomy tube was inserted into the thyrohyoid membrane, not the cricothyroid ligament.
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case_images: Fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed a red and swollen epiglottis, consistent with acute epiglottitis (Figure 1A). However, computed tomography after the cricothyroidotomy demonstrated that the tracheostomy tube was inserted into the thyrohyoid ligament, not the cricothyroid membrane (Figure 1B).