Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and central cord syndrome after minor trauma: a case report

作者：Eser Olcay; Karavelioglu Ergun^*; Boyaci Mehmet Gazi; Aycicek Abdullah

来源：Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery, 2013, 19(1): 73-76.

DOI：10.5505/tjtes.2013.81593

• Central cord syndrome
• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
• dysphagia
• Forestier's disease
• trauma

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is characterized by anterior and lateral ossification of the vertebral body. We present a case report of central cord syndrome in a patient with DISH after minor trauma. The patient was treated surgically. We also discuss symptomatology and the common mechanism of cord injury in DISH.

• 出版日期2013-1