Acta Medica Bulgarica (Oct 2021)

DISHphagia – A Riddle Unwrapped a Clinical Case with Literature Review

  • Valkov H.,
  • Kovacheva-Slavova M.,
  • Lyutakov I.,
  • Angelov T.,
  • Getsov P.,
  • Vladimirov B.,
  • Penchev P.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/amb-2021-0032
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48, no. 3
pp. 30 – 33

Abstract

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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a common but underdiagnosed systemic skeletal disease. It is characterized by calcifications affecting mainly the spinal anterior longitudinal ligament. In the majority of cases, the patients are asymptomatic, but cervical osteophytes can sometimes cause hoarseness, dysphagia (DISHphagia) and even dyspnea.

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