Cervical osteophytes: a cause of potentially life-threatening laryngeal spasms. Case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Airway Obstruction
- Cervical Vertebrae
- Laryngismus
- Spinal Osteophytosis
Anatomy
- cervical spine