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- Title
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of cervical spine - An unusual cause of difficult flexible fiber optic intubation.
- Authors
Baxi, Vaibhavi; Gaiwal, Sucheta
- Abstract
This is a report of anterior osteophytes on the cervical vertebra resulting in distortion of the airway and leading to difficulty during intubation. The osteophytes associated with the syndrome of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis were at the C2-3 and C6-7, T1 level and resulted in anterior displacement of the pharynx and the trachea respectively.
- Subjects
EXOSTOSIS; BONE spurs; BONE abnormalities; SKELETAL abnormalities; INTUBATION; CERVICAL vertebrae abnormalities; AIRWAY (Anatomy); SPINE abnormalities; HUMAN skeleton abnormalities
- Publication
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1658-354X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/1658-354X.62609