Cervical osteophytes: a cause of potentially life-threatening laryngeal spasms. Case report.
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.
Farooqi
Naeem Ahmed
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Sharrington Ward, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, United Kingdom. drnaf@yahoo.com
Doran
Mark
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Buxton
Neil
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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