Open AccessDysphagia related to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISHphagia)
Author(s) -
Kaffel Dhia,
Kchir Hela
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.2449
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis , hyperostosis , radiology , pathology , surgery , ossification
The important clinical teaching of our case is that dysphagia most likely caused by an extradigestive pathology; hence, imaging studies of the neck is very important in the evaluation process.