Bernardo K L, Grubb R L, Coxe W S, Roper C L
Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
J Neurosurg. 1988 Jul;69(1):134-6. doi: 10.3171/jns.1988.69.1.0134.
A 39-year-old man with an extrinsic esophageal lesion was found to have an anterior herniation of a soft degenerated cervical disc. Only two cases of symptomatic anterior cervical disc herniation have been reported previously. Dysphagia produced by anterior cervical osteophytes is more common and is a recognized clinical entity. Asymptomatic anterior cervical disc herniation may play a key role in the pathogenesis of anterior cervical osteophytes.