Dysphagia as the main symptom in anterior cervical spine osteophytes (Forestier disease and cervical spondylosis deformans). Case reports and literature review

Anterior cervical osteophytes are a fairly common X-ray finding in people over 50 years old. Incidence of dysphagia in patients with anterior osteophytes varies from 1% in those aged 40-60 years to 10.6% in patients over 60 years old. The most common causes of anterior cervical hyperosteophytosis ca...

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Published in:	Zhurnal voprosy neĭrokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko Vol. 88; no. 2; p. 69
Main Authors:	Trashin, A V, Vikherev, N V, Belov, E M, Shamanin, V A, Stepanenko, V V
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 2024
Subjects:	Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging Cervical Vertebrae - pathology Cervical Vertebrae - surgery Deglutition Disorders - diagnostic imaging Deglutition Disorders - etiology Deglutition Disorders - surgery Humans Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal - complications Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal - diagnosis Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal - surgery Middle Aged Osteophyte - complications Osteophyte - diagnostic imaging Osteophyte - surgery Spondylosis - complications Spondylosis - diagnostic imaging Spondylosis - surgery cervical anterior cervical hyperosteophytosis anterior cervical osteophytes spondylogenic dysphagia spondylosis deformans Forestier disease
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Summary:	Anterior cervical osteophytes are a fairly common X-ray finding in people over 50 years old. Incidence of dysphagia in patients with anterior osteophytes varies from 1% in those aged 40-60 years to 10.6% in patients over 60 years old. The most common causes of anterior cervical hyperosteophytosis causing dysphagia are cervical spondylosis deformans and Forestier disease. We present 2 clinical cases of spondylogenic dysphagia in cervical spondylosis deformans and Forestier disease. The review is devoted to the causes and diagnostic methods for dysphagia caused by anterior cervical osteophytes, as well as surgical options for this pathology. Microsurgical resection of anterior osteophytes is an effective method for dysphagia after ineffective therapy for 3 months. Microsurgical osteophytectomy provides stable regression of dysphagia with low recurrence rate.
ISSN:	0042-8817
DOI:	10.17116/neiro20248802169