title: [Osteochondrosis as a possible cause of pharyngeal dysphagia].
abstract: Dysphageal complaints in a 65-year-old woman were regarded as a manifestation of mental illness. The autopsy of the patient weighing 32 kg who died from bilateral pneumonia revealed 9-mm osteophytes on the anterior surface of the cervical spine as the cause of dysphagia. Twenty-nine cases of cervical osteochondrosis-induced dysphagia, published in the literature, were analyzed.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Povzin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055034:Osteochondrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality