Osteophyte Arising From The Cricoid Cartilage Causing Dysphagia

Abstract

Although cervical degenerative changes is a common disorder, dysphagia induced by osteophyte formation is uncommon. We present a case of 54-year-old patient suffering dysphagia secondary to cricoidal osteophyte. Phsical examination showed no abnormality. A barium esophagography revealed anterior compression of the esophagus at the level of cricoid cartilage. A computed tomography (CT) showed a small spur originating from the cricoid. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated the osteophyte-induced edema and allowed the differential diagnosis with the other causes of dysphagia. In this report, radiological features of cricoidal osteophyte is presented.

Keywords

• Dysphagia, cricoid cartilage, osteophyte, paraesophageal edema

Osteophyte Arising From The Cricoid Cartilage Causing Dysphagia

Öz

Servikal kemik yapılarda dejeneratif değişiklikler sık görülmekle beraber, osteofitik oluşuma bağlı yutma güçlüğü oldukça nadir görülür. Krikoidten köken alan osteofit basısı nedeniyle yutma güçlüğü çeken 54 yaşındaki erkek hasta merkezimize başvurdu. Fizik muayenede anormallik saptanmadı. Baryumlu özofagus grafisinde, krikoid kıkırdak seviyesinde özofagusa anteriordan bası bulgusu izlendi. Etyolojiye yönelik çekilen bilgisayarlı tomografide, krikoidten köken alan spur saptandı. Yumuşak dokunun değerlendirilmesine yönelik elde edilen manyetik rezonans görüntülemede, osteofit etrafında ödem izlendi ve olası diğer yumuşak doku patolojileri ekarte edildi. Bu olguda, kridoid osteofitin radyolojik bulgularını sunmayı amaçladık

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Disfaji, krikoid kıkırdag, osteofit, paraözefagil ödem

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