title: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis as an acute airway presentation requiring urgent tracheostomy.
authors.affiliation: Facility of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jonathan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Biggs
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Ahepa University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: pkarkos@aol.com.
authors.forename: Petros D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Karkos
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Costa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Repanos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014139:Tracheostomy