Dysphagia in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report

paythelady.612 shared this article with you from Inoreader Dysphagia in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: A case report Μέσω pubmed: "world j clin cases"... World J Clin Cases. 2021 Mar 6;9(7):1639-1645. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i7.1639. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systematic and rheumatic disease, which causes multiple symptoms. However, dysphagia due to the formation of a giant anterior cervical osteophyte is rare in patients with AS. CASE SUMMARY: We present the case of a 65-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with AS and visited the hospital with a complaint of progressive dysphagia. The appropriate imaging examinations indicated that a giant anterior cervical osteo-phyte at C3-4 caused esophageal compression, which led to dysphagia. An operation for resection was performed without complications. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates that a large cervical osteophyte may be the cause of dysphagia in patients with AS, and early accurate diagnosis and surgical treat-ment are very important for the improvement of symptoms. Anterior cervical discectomy an d fusion are extremely effective and should be taken into consideration. PMID:33728307 | PMC:PMC7942043 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i7.1639 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.