Demuynck K, Van Calenbergh F, Goffin J, Verschakelen J, Demedts M, Van de Woestijne K
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospitals, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium.
Chest. 1995 Jul;108(1):283-4. doi: 10.1378/chest.108.1.283.
A case of severe acute upper airway obstruction caused by a cervical osteophyte requiring urgent tracheostomy is presented. The patient was treated successfully by resection of the osteophyte followed by cervical fusion.