Osteoptysis: a complication of cervical spine surgery.
The case is described of a lady who developed dysphagia and dysphonia misdiagnosed first as hysteria, then as myasthenia gravis, one year after a Cloward's operation for cervical disc disease. After a bout of coughing the bony dowel was expelled and the correct diagnosis was made.
Ogle
K
K
Department of Neurology, East Birmingham Hospital, Bordesley Green East, UK.
Palsingh
J
J
Hewitt
C
C
Anderson
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000601:surgery*