Quadriplegia in diffuse-idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis after minor trauma

Yagan, Rauf; Karlins, Nathaniel L.

doi:10.2214/ajr.147.4.858

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“…Neurological symptoms such as paresthesias or motor disturbancies, are found in only 4% of the patients [27]. The hyperostosis of spine can be associated with impairment of spinal cord, nerve root compression [1,4,5,14,15,29] or vertebral artery insufficiency [22]. Reports of cervical myelopathy in DISH are rare.…”

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Cervical myelopathy caused by soft-tissue mass in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Storch¹,

Hubbe

Glocker

2007

Eur Spine J

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Cervical myelopathy caused by soft-tissue mass in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Storch¹,

Hubbe

Glocker

2007

Eur Spine J

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“…Although these patients are typically asymptomatic, there is evidence of Forestier's disease in patients with spinal instability [6,7] and upper gastrointestinal [8][9][10][11][12][13], respiratory [14][15][16] and neurological disorders [3,[17][18][19][20][21]. Rapidly developing progressive dysphagia is an unusual symptom of Forestier's disease.…”

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Rapidly progressive dysphagia caused by Forestier’s disease: a case report

Galiano¹,

Gotwald

Maier

et al. 2005

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Forestier's disease is a systemic rheumatologic abnormality of unknown etiology, characterized by a flowing ossification of the anterior ligament of the spine. In this case study we report on an atypical appearance of Forestier's disease in a 72-year-old woman. This patient had a one-month history of rapidly progressing dysphonia and dyspnea and at the time of admission was unable to eat. She had been operated for gastric and colon carcinoma seventeen months earlier. Total body CT scans showed a flowing ossification of the anterior ligament between levels C2 and C7 and an osteophyte protruding in the ventral direction at level C2. Before the osteophyte's removal, a tumor screening was conducted to exclude the presence of distant metastases or occult malignancy. Resection of the large osteophyte was performed via a typical ventral-cervical approach with horizontal skin incision. Six months after the procedure, the patient experienced distinct improvement of her condition and was able to eat both pulpy and solid foods again. In this case example, a rapidly progressive dysphagia was not caused by secondary malignancy, as initially speculated, but resulted from a ventral-cervical osteophyte, considered a rare cause for acute development of severe dysphagia. Early diagnosis of Forestier's disease in this patient led to immediate surgical intervention, which proved to be adequate treatment and enabled the patient to make a good recovery.

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Complications following minor trauma in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Callahan

Aguillera

1993

Annals of Emergency Medicine

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Quadriplegia in diffuse-idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis after minor trauma

Cited by 7 publications

References 1 publication

Cervical myelopathy caused by soft-tissue mass in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Cervical myelopathy caused by soft-tissue mass in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Rapidly progressive dysphagia caused by Forestier’s disease: a case report

Complications following minor trauma in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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