title: Life-threatening airway obstruction caused by cervical osteophytes.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Sturgess
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Leary
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed