Open AccessGiant Cervical Osteophyte: An Unusual Cause of Dysphagia
Author(s) -
Sudhir Srivastava,
Sunil Bhosale,
Tanvi Lohiya,
R. K. Aggarwal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20172.8722
Subject(s) - dysphagia , medicine , diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis , cervical spondylosis , ankylosing spondylitis , hyperostosis , surgery , cervical spine , cervical vertebrae , spondylitis , radiology , pathology , ossification , alternative medicine
Dysphagia due to skeletal causes is a rare entity. A large cervical osteophyte can cause mechanical compression of the pharyngo-oesophageal segment leading to dysphagia. Large cervical osteophytes can occur in cervical spondylosis, ankylosing spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH). A 60-year-old female came with progressive dysphagia due to a giant cervical osteophyte anterior to C4 and C5 vertebral bodies causing compression of the pharyngo-oesophageal segment. The patient was treated by surgical excision of the osteophyte by orthopaedic surgeons. The patient had complete relief of dysphagia following excision of the osteophyte.