Open AccessDiffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of cervical spine - An unusual cause of difficult flexible fiber optic intubation
Author(s) -
Vaibhavi Baxi,
Sucheta Gaiwal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.62609
Subject(s) - medicine , diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis , cervical spine , pharynx , hyperostosis , cervical vertebrae , intubation , anatomy , airway , vertebra , surgery , ossification
This is a report of anterior osteophytes on the cervical vertebra resulting in distortion of the airway and leading to difficulty during intubation. The osteophytes associated with the syndrome of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis were at the C2-3 and C6-7, T1 level and resulted in anterior displacement of the pharynx and the trachea respectively.