title: Cervical osteophytes: a cause of potentially life-threatening laryngeal spasms. Case report.
abstract: This 80-year-old woman presented with acute breathing difficulty during neck flexion when cyanosis also developed. The only potential causes were detected on cervical magnetic resonance imaging: two large anterior cervical osteophytes compressing the retropharyngeal space. Excision of these osteophytes resulted in resolution of the symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Sharrington Ward, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, United Kingdom. drnaf@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Naeem Ahmed
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Farooqi
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doran
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Buxton
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D019416:Head Movements / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007826:Laryngismus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery