[Cervical osteophytes and ENT disease: three surgery cases].
Vertebral cervical hyperostosis is frequent in the general population but is rarely symptomatic. Dysphagia is the most frequently encountered symptom. We report three cases of cervical hyperostosis leading to ENT symptoms. Two patients had bilateral laryngeal paralysis, rarely described in the literature. These three cases were treated surgically.
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Service d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHU de TOURS, 2 boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours Cedex 1. Aurelia.Manceau@wanadoo.fr
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Lescanne
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D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*