A geriatric patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.

Abstract

The most frequent health problems seen in senility are chronic and degenerative diseases. A 75-year-old male patient with the complaints of weight loss and difficulty in swallowing was admitted to our hospital from a nursing home. Upper system fiber-optic gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed and a mass at the junction of the hypopharynx and esophagus just below recessus piriformis obstructing almost the whole of the lumen and blocking the distal passage was detected. Computed tomography revealed marked narrowing secondary to osseous hypertrophy in the air column of the hypopharynx and proximal esophagus. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis or Forestier's disease is an idiopathic disease characterized by the ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament of vertebra and some of the extraspinal ligaments. In the present case we aim to discuss an elderly patient who suffered from dysphagia and weight loss and the diagnostic stages.

• Authors: Berrin Karadag, Huseyin Cat, Selma Aksoy, Banu Ozulu, Ali Osman Ozturk, Sukru Oguz, Yuksel Altuntas
• Journal: World journal of gastroenterology (World J Gastroenterol) Vol. 16 Issue 13 Pg. 1673-5 (Apr 07 2010) ISSN: 2219-2840 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 20355249 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Cervical Vertebrae (pathology)
• Deglutition Disorders (etiology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal (methods)
• Esophagus (pathology)
• Humans
• Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal (diagnosis)
• Hypopharynx (pathology)
• Male
• Treatment Outcome
• Weight Loss