Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis as an acute airway presentation requiring urgent tracheostomy

Am J Emerg Med. 2015 May;33(5):737.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.050. Epub 2014 Nov 8.

Authors

Jonathan H Bird¹, Timothy C Biggs², Petros D Karkos³, Costa Repanos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Facility of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
² Department of ENT Surgery, Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
³ Department of ENT Surgery, Ahepa University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: pkarkos@aol.com.
⁴ Department of ENT Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25433711
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.10.050

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged, 80 and over
Airway Obstruction / etiology*
Airway Obstruction / surgery*
Cervical Vertebrae
Humans
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / complications*
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tracheostomy*