Literature DB >> 3824098

Cervical osteophytes and respiratory failure. An unusual case of upper airway obstruction.

N B Solomons, D M Linton, P D Potgieter.   

Abstract

An unusual case is presented in which large cervical osteophytes caused upper airway obstruction. The presenting features of acute-on-chronic respiratory failure and cor pulmonale were alleviated by permanent tracheostomy.

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Year:  1987        PMID: 3824098

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  S Afr Med J


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1.  Anterior cervical osteophytes causing dysphagia and dyspnea: an uncommon entity revisited.

Authors:  Roland Giger; Pavel Dulguerov; Michael Payer
Journal:  Dysphagia       Date:  2006-10       Impact factor: 3.438

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