Malposition of Cervical Vertebræ, Causing a Pharyngeal Swelling

Injury to the Cervical Vertebræ

Cerebral infarction due to malposition of cervical pedicle screw

RATIONALE Malposition of cervical pedicle screw (CPS) has a risk of vertebral artery (VA) injury which sometimes may cause unexpected and catastrophic outcome. A rare case of delayed onset of cerebral infarction caused by malposition of CPS was reported. PATIENT CONCERNS A 23-year-old man who underwent a posterior cervical reduction and fusion of C4-5 using CPS fixation and allograft for cerv...

Pharyngeal cervical neurinoma: dysphonia and dysphagia.

More advanced neuromas originate from the cranial and spinal nerve roots, and they manifest symptoms as slow and progressive spine compression, and partial or total surgical removal is indicated. Cranial pairs V, VII, IX, X, XI and XII act directly on speech production and swallowing and, when involved, may interfere in the patient’s life quality, especially the social, nutritional and pulmonar...

A 6-year-old female with unilateral cervical swelling.

A6-year-old female was brought to the emergency department 6 hours after sustaining blunt trauma to the neck. She was playing outside her house when a small motorized bicycle fell on her neck. She was in mild discomfort immediately after the injury and developed significant swelling with tenderness over the following hours. She complained of pain upon swallowing and pain with movement of the ne...

Cervical osteophyte causing perforation of the nasopharynx.

A 70-year-old man fell from a horse and landed on his head. He did not lose consciousness, but immediately noticed a slight change in the tone of his voice and was able to continue his normal activity. Later that day he noticed increasing swelling of his neck with associated dysphagia. He went to his local hospital Casualty Department and was referred to the Otorhinolaryngology Service after ha...