Aguilar-Araiza MA, De la Torre-González DM, Ortiz-Rojas F

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 141-144
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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Forestier’s disease, also known as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and occasionally as hiperostotic spondylosis and ankylosing hyperostosis was first described by Forestier and Rotes-Querol in 1950. Common symptoms of cervical Forestier’s disease are dysphagia and, less frequently, dyspnea, these secondary to mechanical compression of the esophagus and trachea. The association Forestier’s disease and neurological deficit has published significant rarely, this due to a cervical or thoracic spinal canal stenosis caused by proliferation of fibrous ligamentum flavum, still uncertain origin. Display a rare case of cervical spine pathology, which is presented as a cause of dysphagia. Case report. A 45 year old male with no history of importance, which features progressive dysphagia 2 years of evolution, is studied and diagnosed tumor in anterior cervical spine from C3 to C6. We performed plain radiographs in AP and lateral cervical spine, simple and IRM where bone growth observed in anterior cervical spine at the C3-C4-C5-C6, decides intervene surgically in an anterior approach to the cervical spine is performed resection of the entire osteophyte. After surgery the patient evolves favorably and with the main symptoms consisting of dysphagia, fully submitted, in the 1-year follow-up of patients found no recurrence of ossification, dysphagia, neurological symptoms or aggregate.

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