Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine (Jun 2020)

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in pharyngolaryngeal pathology

  • Daniela Cîrpaciu,
  • Vlad Andrei Budu,
  • Georgescu Madalina,
  • Cristina Maria Goanţă

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3922107
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 331 – 334

Abstract

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The objective of this review is to summarize specialty data regarding possible manifestations of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in general otorhinolaryngology practice in order to increase awareness of this entity. Research on the topic was based on consulting specialty books, electronic databases like PubMed, Scopus (Elsevier), Web of Science, Research Gate, Up-to-date and also, on clinical experience. Even though asymptomatic in most patients and many times found during cervical pain investigations or by accident, this overlooked disorder, in rare cases, may cause two of the main complains in practice, dysphagia and dyspnea.

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