Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of cervical spine - an unusual cause of difficult flexible fiber optic intubation
SJA-Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia. 2010; 4 (1): 17-19
in English
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ABSTRACT
This is a report of anterior osteophytes on the cervical vertebra resulting in distortion of the airway and leading to difficulty during intubation. The osteophytes associated with the syndrome of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis were at the C2-3 and C6-7, T1 level and resulted in anterior displacement of the pharynx and the trachea respectively
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pharynx
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Trachea
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Osteophyte
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Optical Fibers
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Intubation
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Saudi J. Anaesth.
Year:
2010
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