Management of Airway Obstruction due to Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis in the Cervical Spine: A Case Report and Literature Review

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 271 - 276
• Main Authors: Yoshimatsu, Yuki, Tobino, Kazunori, Maeda, Ken, Kubota, Kensuke, Haruta, Yohei, Adachi, Hiroshi, Abe, Toshiyuki, Masunaga, Tomoka, Sueyasu, Takuto, Osaki, Toshihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.01.2019; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Airway management; airway obstruction; Case Report; Differential diagnosis; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; dysphagia; Inpatient care; Internal medicine; Literature reviews; respiratory failure; Respiratory tract; Spine (cervical); surgery; airway obstruction; dysphagia; respiratory failure; diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; surgery

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a relatively common progressive noninflammatory entheses disease. Patients are often asymptomatic or are undiagnosed due to minor chronic symptoms. We herein report a rare case in which the primary symptom was sudden-onset upper airway obstruction d...