One cases of esophageal cervical spondylosis with pharyngeal foreign body sensation / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

The patient was treated as pharyngeal foreign body sensation for six months. Laryngeal endoscopy one about 1 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm, hard, smooth bulge in hypopharyngeal wall at the plane of epiglottis valley. The cervical MRI showed that the C3-C4 disc herniation and degeneration of the C3-C4 vertebrae. Cervical CT showed the C3-C4 disc osteophyte formation and forward bulge. After orthopedic consultation, the patient was diagnosed as esophageal cervical spondylosis. C3-C4 diskectomy and vertebral interbody bone grafted with plate fixation were undertaken. At postoperational day 2, the pharyngeal foreign body sensation disappeared.