Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis as an acute airway presentation requiring urgent tracheostomy

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis as an acute airway presentation requiring urgent tracheostomy☆

Facility of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Department of ENT Surgery, Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom

Petros D. Karkos, MD, AFRCS, PhD, MPhil

Department of ENT Surgery, Ahepa University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Costa Repanos, FRCS(ORL-HNS)

Department of ENT Surgery, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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•Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis is characterised by intervertebral bridges of ossification along the anterior and lateral aspects of the spine.
•It is a common cause of dysphagia.
•Rarely it results in critical airway obstruction.

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☆Acknowledgments: None.