The exam showed anterior osteophytosis involving the lower segment of the cervical spine (figure 1). A CT scan confirmed the diagnosis ... He later underwent surgical correction with resection of the ...

Although degenerative changes of the cervical spine are frequently seen after the fifth decade of life, dysphagia due to the compression by osteophytes is rare 2-5 and dysphagia due to esophageal ...

Cervical spine; Dysphagia; Ostheophyte Apresentação de caso de paciente com 73 anos ... the spinal cord or of nerve roots with the consequent neurological manifestations (neuropathy or myelopathy) - ...

When vertebral compression results from osteophytes, it can be easily relieved by a minor modification of the usual anterior cervical fusion technique. This method has proved to be quite efficacious ...

Reassuringly, the computed tomography scan revealed prominent thoracic vertebral osteophytes (figs 2 and 3). Cervical osteophytes have been reported to be associated ... This case demonstrates that ...

This condition is particularly concerning in older adults, where the presence of anterior cervical osteophytes—bony growths that can develop in the cervical spine—can compress the esophagus ...

She was treated with a C3‐4 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF ... whereas the left VA is historically more affected [2]. More common causes like cervical spine trauma, neoplastic growths, ...