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Br J Neurosurg
; 29(2): 275-6, 2015 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25394498
ABSTRACT
Progressive dysphagia and dyspnoea presenting after major neck trauma can occasionally be secondary to post-traumatic inflammation and mass effect associated with a calcified osteophytic anterior longitudinal ligament, a frequent finding in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, though rarely enough to cause such symptoms. In these circumstances, surgical decompression may prove effective.