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62-jähriger Patient mit Dysphagie und zervikalen Schmerzen bei Morbus Bechterew

A 62-year-old patient with dysphagia and cervical pain by Bechterew’s disease

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Ein 62-jähriger Patient mit Morbus Bechterew stellte sich mit Dysphagie in unserer Klinik vor. Endoskopisch zeigte sich eine in den Ösophagus penetrierte Schraube nach HWS-Osteosynthese. Die Therapie dieser seltenen, jedoch potenziell lebensbedrohlichen Komplikation findet – wie auch in unserem Fall – meist interdisziplinär durch Gastroenterologen sowie Viszeral-, Unfall- und plastische Chirurgen statt.

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A 62-year-old patient with ankylosing spondylitis presented with dysphagia. Endoscopically a screw was revealed which had penetrated the esophagus after cervical fixation. As in the case described here, this rare but potentially life-threatening complication is usually treated in an interdisciplinary manner by gastroenterologists and visceral, trauma and plastic surgeons.

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Strötz, B., Helmberger, T., Seebauer, L. et al. 62-jähriger Patient mit Dysphagie und zervikalen Schmerzen bei Morbus Bechterew. Gastroenterologe 6, 116–119 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11377-010-0526-5

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