[Dysphagia in cervical hyperostosis of Forestier's disease].

Abstract

Some rachis conditions can produce dysphagia. We report one case of extrinsic oesophageal dysphagia, unusual but not exceptional problem. A 76-year-old patient suffering on idiopathic vertebral hyperostosis or Forestier's disease. He showed an enormous osteophytes widespread throughout the cervical vertebrae, fusing together and causing the extrinsic compression both of hypopharynx and oesophagus. Bibliography perusal.

• Authors: J Rodríguez Asensio, M V Rodríguez Rosell, C Mato Díaz
• Journal: Anales otorrinolaringologicos ibero-americanos (An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am) Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pg. 135-41 ( 2002) ISSN: 0303-8874 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: La disfagia en la hiperostosis cervical o enfermedad de Forestier.
• PMID: 12053508 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cervical Vertebrae (diagnostic imaging)
• Deglutition Disorders (diagnosis, etiology)
• Humans
• Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal (complications, diagnosis)
• Male
• Severity of Illness Index
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed