Cervical Hyperostosis Leading to Dyspnea, Aspiration and Dysphagia: Strategies to Improve Patient Management

Frontiers in Surgery

Georgios Psychogios¹ 

关键词: cervical hyperostosis;    dyspnea;    dysphagia;    aspiration;    forestier’;    s disease;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2018.00033

学科分类：外科医学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a rare but well known cause of dysphagia. In very few cases aspiration and dyspnea are described as a clinical manifestation. An 82-year-old man presented himself in our clinic with severe dyspnea, aspiration, and pneumonia. After performing a microlaryngoscopy an emergency tracheotomy became necessary.

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