ABSTRACT
Radiologic studies are essential in diagnosing Forestier's disease and include lateral cervical spine roentgenograms, thoracic and lumbosacral vertebrae roentgenograms, esophagram, vertebrae roentgenograms, esophagram, and computed tomography. Patients with Forestier's disease may be considered to be operative candidates if they have persistent dysphagia, dysphonia, and a feeling of fullness or foreign body in the throat. The patient in our case report underwent anterior surgical resection of her anterior cervical osteophytes. Two months following surgery, she was no longer experiencing dysphagia or dyspnea.
Subject(s)
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal/diagnostic imaging , Spinal Osteophytosis/diagnostic imaging , Adult , Deglutition Disorders/etiology , Female , Humans , Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal/complications , Radiography , Spine/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
In their original meaning, the terms 'life' and 'death' refer to the biotical aspect of the cosmos, although many non-original (analogical) uses of these terms exist. The concrete process of dying, however, is not incorporated in the biotical aspect because it also displays other cosmic aspects. In this contribution, we have tried to focus our attention on the biotical, sensitive-psychical, juridical and ethical aspects. It emerged that present medical practice implies different moments of death as soon as one distinguishes between death in a biotical, sensitive-psychical or juridical sense.
