Forestier Disease: Single-Center Surgical Experience and Brief Literature Review

Abstract

A prevascular transcervical right-sided approach seems to be an effective treatment for surgical removal of hyperostosis in Forestier disease, with an acceptable rate of complications and recurrence.

Dysphagia Due to Forestier Disease: Three Cases and Systematic Literature Review

“…Most of the cases were reported from the Mediterranean region and eastern European countries, mostly from Turkey (16 cases) [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] and Italy (13 cases) [10,11]. Seven cases were reported each from Germany [12][13][14] and the USA [15][16][17].…”

Bilateral vocal fold paralysis and dysphagia secondary to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

“…Vocal fold motion impairment in patients meeting DISH criteria is exceptionally rare. Proposed mechanisms for immobility include true paralysis secondary to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as it passes behind the thyroid cartilage to innervate the posterior cricoarytenoid muscles, direct arytenoid cartilage fixation by osteophytes, and vascular obstruction causing edema of the vocal fold . Of these mechanisms, only immobilization because of edema has been reported and was addressed with laryngoscopic laser debulking of edematous mucosa .…”

Progressive dysphagia and neck pain due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of the cervical spine: a case report and literature review

“…Gradually, elongated osteophytes occur at the anterior margin of the vertebrae and grow across the disc space 2,3. In most textbooks, DISH is described as “asymptomatic”, and it is often accidentally found by radiographs of the spine performed for restriction in movement of spinal joints and enthesis-related pain 4,5. Whether the condition itself is a cause of significant pain and whether it is a true disease entity still remain controversial 6…”