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Anterior cervical osteophytes: a rare cause of dysphagia
C B Sudhakar1, M al Hakeem, M A Quader
1Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Connecticut Medicine
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Anterior cervical osteophyte is a rare cause of dysphagia usually occurring in the elderly. We report two cases in which the anterior cervical osteophytes impinged upon the esophagus, and we describe their surgical management. Initial investigation of a case of dysphagia should be directed to the common causes; however, in the elderly and in those with disorders of the cervical spine an anterior cervical osteophyte may be the cause of dysphagia.