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Vol. 66. Issue 5.
Pages 292-295 (May 2019)
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Vol. 66. Issue 5.
Pages 292-295 (May 2019)
Case report
Acute airway obstruction in a patient with forestier disease. Case report
Obstrucción aguda de vía aérea en paciente con enfermedad de Forestier. Caso clínico
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S. García Zamorano
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sgarciaz@fhalcorcon.es

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, S. García del Valle y Manzano, A. Andueza Artal, P. Robles Ángel, N. Gijón Herreros
Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universitario Fundación Alcorcón, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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Ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine, known as Forestier's disease or diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, is usually an asymptomatic disorder. The area most frequently affected is the thoracic spine, followed by lumbar and cervical regions. In the case of cervical involvement with clinical manifestations, the most common symptoms include dysphagia, dyspnoea, dysphonia, and can exceptionally cause an acute airway obstruction. The airway management of these patients represents a great anaesthetic challenge. The case is reported of an eighty-five-year-old patient who had an acute airway obstruction associated with Forestier's disease. A fibre-optic-assisted intubation was accomplished under sevoflurane inhaled anaesthesia, maintaining spontaneous ventilation, with subsequent tracheostomy performed by ENT surgeons.

Keywords:
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Forestier's disease
Airway obstruction
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La osificación del ligamento anterior longitudinal vertebral, conocida como Enfermedad de Forestier o hiperostosis esquelética idiopática difusa es una patología que suele cursar de forma asintomática. Se produce sobre todo en la región torácica, seguida por la lumbar y cervical. Cuando existe afectación cervical, en caso de producir clínica, los síntomas más frecuentes son disfagia, disnea o disfonía y, de forma excepcional, obstrucción aguda de vía aérea. Esta patología supone un reto anestésico en el manejo de la vía aérea de estos pacientes. Por ello presentamos el caso de un paciente de 85 años con obstrucción aguda de vía aérea asociada a Enfermedad de Forestier al que se le realizó intubación mediante fibroscopio bajo anestesia inhalada con Sevofluorane manteniendo ventilación espontánea para la posterior realización de traqueotomía por los otorrinolaringólogos.

Palabras clave:
Hiperostosis esquelética idiopática difusa
Enfermedad Forestier
Obstrucción vía aérea

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