Jasmina Stojanovic^1*, Sandra Zivanovic², Suncica Sreckovic², Svetlana Jovanovic², Branislav Belic^1,2, Sladjana Simovic³

¹Phoniatric Department of ENT Clinic, Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia; ²Faculty of Medical Science, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia; ³Department of Otorhinolaryngology Health Centre Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

BACKGROUND: Forestier's disease is a rare disorder involving bony growths that can occur in various parts of the spinal column, mostly asymptomatic, but these osteophytes, very rarely have been associated with serious complications.

AIM: We report a 69-year-old man who was admitted at foniatric departement for evaluation of presenting hoarseness, dysphagia and laborious breathing.

CASE PRESENTATION: Noninvasive endolaryngeal imaging and radiological examination revealed distortion of left side of the larynx pushing to the right due to bony mass of the anterior part of cervical spine which was prominent at the left side. Тhе symptoms of the patient presented were caused by Forestier's disease as found by the imiging.

CONCLUSIONS: In clinical practice it is advisable to take into consideration Forestier's disease as a possible cause of hoarseness and dysphagia in rare cases.
 

Citation: Stojanovic J, Zivanovic S, Sreckovic S, Jovanovic S, Belic B, Simovic S. Laryngeal Manifestation of Forestier's Disease. OA Maced J Med Sci. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2016.054
Key words: Forestier’s diseaseis; hoarseness; airway disturbances; dysphagia.
*Correspondence: Dr. Jasmina Stojanovic. Phoniatric Department of ENT Clinic, Clinical Centre Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. E-Mail: dzeki99@gmail.com
Received: 10-Mar-2016; Revised: 18-Apr-2016; Accepted: 19-Apr-2016; Online first: 10-May-2016
Copyright: © 2016 Jasmina Stojanovic, Sandra Zivanovic, Suncica Sreckovic, Svetlana Jovanovic, Branislav Belic, Sladjana Simovic.  This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
 

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