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Abstract
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (Forestier's Disease) is characterized by the formation extensive spinal osteophytes due to enchondral ossification of the paravertebral ligaments and muscles. Dysphagia resulting from mechanical obstruction is a symptom in the course of the disease. When dysphagia occurs, it follows a progressive clinical course. The treatment of choice is conservative in the early period and surgical excision of the osteophyte in the late symptomatic period. In this article, we present a case of Forestier's disease who had osteophytes in the C3-5 level narrowing the pharyngeal lumen. The patient's osteophytes were excised surgically by transcervical route and dysphagia has disappeared.
Özet
Diffüz idiyopatik iskelet hiperostozisi (Forestier hastalığı) paravertebral ligaman ve kasların enkondral ossifikasyonu sonucu gelişen yaygın spinal osteofit oluşumları ile karakterizedir. Forestier hastalığında, mekanik obstrüksiyona bağlı olarak gelişen disfaji, oldukça nadir görülür ve progresyon gösterir. Tedavi erken dönemde konservatiftir, ileri aşamada ise cerrahi olarak osteofitler eksize edilir. Bu makalede, C3-5 seviyesinde osteofitler nedeniyle farengeal pasajı daralan ve disfaji yakınması olan hasta sunulmuştur. Hastanın osteofitleri transservikal yaklaşım ile çıkarılmış ve disfajisi düzelmiştir.