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Forestier – rotes disease as a cause of progressive dysphagia

L Sulyok, Z Seress, A Nagy, S Hassan · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2005 · Heft 05

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Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
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L Sulyok, Z Seress, A Nagy, S Hassan
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Heft 05 / 2005
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Erschienen: 2005-05-04 00:00:00
ISSN
0044-2771
DOI
10.1055/s-2005-869768

Zusammenfassung

Introduction: The causes of dysphagia are varied. The cricopharyngeal dysphagias include caustic strictures, cervical spine diseases, benign and malignant tumors. Degenerative changes in the spine can produce osteophytic spurs on the anterior surface of the cervical vertebrae. These osteophytes may sometimes cause dysphagia with progressive difficulty in swallowing solid and liquid foods, aspiration and weight loss, dysphonia, stridor, chronic pneumonia and vascular compression. Case History: A 65-year-old man presented with a four years' history of progressive dysphagia. Cervical x-ray films demonstrated anteri…

Schlagworte

Dysphagia Cervical Progressive Spurs Anterior Cause Spine Degenerative Osteophytic History Forestier Rotes Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie