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Laryngeal stridor due to odontoid peg subluxation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. S. Brooker
D. S. Brooker*
Affiliation:
Belfast
*
Mr. D. S. Brooker, E.N.T. Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA.
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Abstract

This is a case of a 58-year-old woman who presented with progressive stridor due to immobile vocal cords. This was found to be due to cervical cord compression by an upwardly subluxed odontoid peg. Despite surgical intervention the outcome was fatal.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 473 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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