Vol.95 No.2 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 2 February 2002
Cervical Osteophytes and Dysphagia
Yasuko Shibata, Harumi Arao and Noriyuki Yanagita
(Inazawa Municipal Hospital)
We report five cases of cervical osteophytes that caused dysphagia.
All cases were middle-aged or elderly male patients.
Four of the five cases with symptomatic cervical osteophytes underwent surgical resection of the osteophytes via a standard anterior approach. One of them (case 1) had symptomatic osteophytes of the cervical anterior longituidal ligament. We made a diagnosis of OALL (ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament) and operated.
Dysphagia due to cervical osteophytes is usually treated conservatively, but surgical resection should be considerd in cases with severe dysphagia.
Key words : cervical osteophytes, dysphagia, OALL