Dysphagia due to DISH-related anterior osteophytes: DISHphagia!!
| Autor: | Jagandeep Singh Virk, Jaslovleen Kaur |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hyperostosis Neurology Images In… Osteoarthritis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Recurrence otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Ochronosis Neck pain Ankylosing spondylitis Hyperostosis Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Osteophyte Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Dysphagia Magnetic Resonance Imaging Trachea Spinal Fusion 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Cervical Vertebrae Radiology medicine.symptom business Deglutition Disorders 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | Anterior cervical osteophytes are commonly associated with degenerative spine in elderly people. The complications that arise due to the mechanical compression of cervical osteophytes are dysphagia, dysphonia and dyspnoea. The usual causes are osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse idiopathic spinal hyperostosis (DISH). Other causes are trauma, acromegaly, ochronosis, fluorosis and hypoparathyroidism.1 Surgical resection of osteophytes results in excellent relief of symptoms, but patients have a tendency for recurrence of osteophytes.2 We present here a case of dysphagia and dysphonia due to osteophyte recurrence in a postsurgical case of DISH. A 63-year-old man was admitted with progressive dysphagia, hoarseness of voice and neck pain for 3 months. His history began with neck and right arm pain 2 years back for which he consulted a spine surgeon, where he was diagnosed with C5 – C6 herniated cervical disc causing root … |
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