[Dysphagia in cervical hyperostosis of Forestier's disease]

Some rachis conditions can produce dysphagia. We report one case of extrinsic oesophageal dysphagia, unusual but not exceptional problem. A 76-year-old patient suffering on idiopathic vertebral hyperostosis or Forestier's disease. He showed an enormous osteophytes widespread throughout the cervical vertebrae, fusing together and causing the extrinsic compression both of hypopharynx and oesophagus. Bibliography perusal.