The standard lateral neck X-ray shows a 1.8-cm linear, oblique, calcified density (red arrow) located anterior to C6 and posterior to the thyroid cartilage and the air column in the trachea.

Scarfe and Farman [22] describe the relationships between CBCT images of CCAA and calcifications of the stylohyoid chain, superior cornu of the thyroid cartilage, triticeous cartilage, and tonsil ...