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Dysphagia caused by anterior cervical osteophytes: a case report
S Craig Humphreys1, Scott D Hodges, Jason C Eck
1Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Foundation for Research, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|August 16, 2002
Abstract:
This 79-year-old man had a several-year history of dysphagia. On presentation, he spoke with difficulty but was not short of breath, and hemoptysis was present. A 17-mm osteophyte anterior to C3-C4 encroached on the posterior aspect of the oral pharynx and esophagus. The patient underwent C3-C6 anterior ostectomy; recovery was complete within 4 weeks.