DYSPHAGIA OF TRANSITORY TYPE PRODUCED BY HYPERTROPHIC SPURS ON CERVICAL VERTEBRAE
Authors: H STEPHENS, W L JANUS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 October 1954DYSPHAGIA OF TRANSITORY TYPE PRODUCED BY HYPERTROPHIC SPURS ON CERVICAL VERTEBRAEHUGH STEPHENS, M.D., WILLIAM L. JANUS, M.D.HUGH STEPHENS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM L. JANUS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-4-823 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well recognized that dysphagia, as a symptom, may indicate to the diagnostician a lengthy list of lesions, benign or malignant, functional or organic, which might be the cause. In considering the functional causes, he will think of those associated with cerebrovascular disease, those due to reflexes set up by organic lesions elsewhere in the gastrointestinal tract, myasthenia gravis, globus hystericus, and "contractile ring" of the esophagus.1In considering the organic causes he will think of neoplasm, particularly of the larynx and adjacent tissues, Plummer-Vinson syndrome and valvular type defects in the upper esophagus, diverticulum (usually of the pulsion...Bibliography1. IngelfingerKramer FJP: Dysphagia produced by a contractile ring in the lower esophagus, Gastroenterology 23: 419-430, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Buckstein J: Digestive tract in roentgenology, 1948, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, pp. 14-19. Google Scholar3. Mattson O: A simple technique for simultaneous screening and radiography, Acta radiol. 38: 361-366 (Nov.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HUGH STEPHENS, M.D.; WILLIAM L. JANUS, M.D.*Received for publication January 18, 1954. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byUpdated management strategy for patients with cervical osteophytic dysphagiaRelationship of cervical spine disorders to dysphagiaAnterolateral Extrapharyngeal Approach for Cervical Osteophyte-Induced DysphagiaHypertrophic cervical osteophytes causing dysphagiaSurgical Correction of Dysphagia Due to Cervical OsteophytesDysphagia secondary to anterior cervical osteophytesDysphagia and Dyspnoea as Complications in Spondylarthritis Ankylopoetica with Cervical OsteophytesRuptured anterior nucleus pulposus between T1 and T2 causing a discrete esophageal defect and minimal dysphagiaRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 October 1954Volume 41, Issue 4Page: 823-828KeywordsCerebrovascular diseasesDysphagiaEsophagusGastrointestinal tractLarynxLesionsMyasthenia gravisReflexesVertebrae ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...