Enfermedad de Forestier-Rotes Querol (hiperostosis difusa esquelética idiopática) / Forestier-Rotes Querol disease (diffuseidiopathic skeletal hyperostosis)

Se trata de una enfermedad hiperostótica del aparato locomotor denominada hiperostosis anquilosante senil de la columna vertebral, por osificación del ligamento longitudinal anterior vertebral. Dependiendo del lugar más acusado de osificación de éste, dependerán sus síntomas clínicos predominantes. Presentamos el caso de un paciente que acude por disfagia progresiva como único síntoma a la consulta del centro de salud

This is a hyperostotic disease of the locomotor apparatus called senile ankylosing spinal hyperostosis due to ossification of the anterior vertebral longitudinal ligament. The predominant clinical symptoms will depend on its most affected site of ossification. We present a case of a patient who came to the Health Care Site consultation due to progressive dysphagia as the only symptom

[Orbit complication of sinusitis. A report of 7 cases]. / Complicaciones orbitarias de las sinusitis. Estudio de siete casos.

Orbital complications of sinusitis were reviewed. Seven cases seen in a 6-year period from 1989 to 1994 were classified following Chandler. The pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis, and treatment of orbital complications, which are rare and steadily decreasing in frequency, are discussed. Because of its possible consequences, this complication should not be overlooked.