title: Dysphagia in a patient with giant osteophytes: case presentation and review of the literature.
abstract: A patient with increasing dysphagia due to external bone compression of the oesophagus is presented. Radiographic evaluation revealed the underlying condition to be a diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with exuberant and bumpy change within the anterior longitudinal ligament.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Allergy and Rheumatology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium. immuno@uia.ua.ac.be
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ebo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bracke
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mercelis
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: De Clerck
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017846:Longitudinal Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed