title: Dysphonia caused by Forestier's disease.
abstract: A case of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forestier's disease) causing dysphonia as the presenting and only symptom is reported. The dysphonia is attributed to the mass effect in the hypopharynx and the mild pressure on the larynx. The bony mass anterior to the vertebral body is demonstrated by CT scan for the first time in the literature on Forestier's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elidan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology*