Anterior cervical osteophytosis as a cause of dyspnoea and stridor
| Autor: | Beatriz Navarro, Hugo Jorge Casimiro, Mário Parreira, Joana Carreira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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030506 rehabilitation
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| Popis: | A 77-year-old man with no history of respiratory disease presented with a 12-hour history of dyspnoea, stridor, non-productive cough and rhinorrhoea. He denied other symptoms such as dysphagia and dysphonia. Physical examination showed diminished vesicular breath sounds and stridor, although there were no vocal cord abnormalities in the laryngoscopic evaluation. The laboratory results and the posteroanterior chest radiograph revealed no significant abnormalities. In order to exclude an airway obstruction, a cervical radiograph was obtained. The exam showed anterior osteophytosis … |
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