title: Upper airway obstruction caused by a cervical osteophyte.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demuynck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Calenbergh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goffin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verschakelen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demedts
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Van de Woestijne
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy