Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hiperostosis, respect of two cases
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Keywords
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hiperostosis, DISH, Forestier’s disease, dysphagia, hoarseness, dyspnea, cervical osteophyte
Abstract
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hiperostosis (DISH) or Forestier’s disease is a pathology characterized by the ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) and the formation of intervertebral osseous bridges. The otolaryngological repercussions are rarely described, dysphagia, hoarseness and dyspnea being the most common symptoms. We present a clinical case of two patients with DISH in a 74 year-old male patient and another of 71 year-old respectively, suffering from several weeks of dysphagia associated with dysphonia and dyspnea in one case. We are going to discuss both cases together with the otolaryngological manifestations of this pathology.
