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Upper airway obstruction caused by a cervical osteophyte
K Demuynck1, F Van Calenbergh, J Goffin
1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
Chest
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of severe acute upper airway obstruction caused by a cervical osteophyte requiring urgent tracheostomy is presented. The patient was treated successfully by resection of the osteophyte followed by cervical fusion.