Laryngeal stridor due to odontoid peg subluxation.

E.N.T. Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

J Laryngol Otol. 1988 May;102(5):473-5. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100105390.

This is a case of a 58-year-old woman who presented with progressive stridor due to immobile vocal cords. This was found to be due to cervical cord compression by an upwardly subluxed odontoid peg. Despite surgical intervention the outcome was fatal.