Choking, sore throat with referred otalgia and dysphagia in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-101

  Ebo, Didier G ^a,c   Uytterhaegen, P J ^a   Lagae, R L ^a   Vander Mijnsbrugge, A M ^a   Goffin, J ^b  

^a AZ Jan Palfijn Gent ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Dienst Allergologie Immunologie   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior longitudinal ligament; Choking; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH); Dysphagia; Forestier; Otalgia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OTALGIA; SORE THROAT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWALLOWING; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EARACHE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHARYNGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24044462626     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2005.018     Document Type: Article

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