title: Aspiration pneumonia secondary to giant cervical osteophyte formation (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis or Forrestier's disease): a case report.
abstract: An 80-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with recurrent right-sided aspiration pneumonia, found on barium swallow to be due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forrestier's disease) of the cervical spine, with the formation of a giant cervical osteophyte. He was treated conservatively with a feeding gastrostomy. The medical literature concerning this unusual cause of dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Countess of Chester Hospital, England.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Babores
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Finnerty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography