Purpose Anterior cervical spinal surgery with fusion (ACSF) is the most widely used technique in the management of cervical spondylosis or disc herniation. A case of pharyngeal perforation after ACSF demonstrated by videofluorography and MDCT is described. Methods A 39-year-old man, recently undergone to ACSF for interbody C3-C5 fusion with anterior cervical plate and screws, was submitted to a pharingoesophageal videofluorography and 64 row-MDCT of the neck before and after oral administration of iodine contrast medium for persistent high dysphagia. Results In the plain radiograph a fractured screw was detected, anterolaterally displaced on the right to the cervical spine, outside the pharingeal lumen. After high-density (250% weight/volume) barium suspension administration the screw floated outside the pharingeal lumen at C4-C6 level, and an extraluminal leak of barium was observed. On CT MPR and 3D reformatted images confirmed the screw was fractured and displaced outside the plate in the retropharingeal space, anteriorly to C4, and also the hypothesis of posterior pharingeal wall damage, for the presence of gas bubbles in the retropharingeal space, thickening of prevertebral soft tissues, and contrast medium leak through a pharyngeal break in the retropharingeal space. Conclusions Imaging can play a role to correctly address the cause of disphagya after ACSF.

Lo Casto, A., Purpura, P., Lo Greco, V., Ganguzza, F., La Tona, G. (2010). Videofluorography and MDCT findings in a case of pharyngeal perforation after anterior cervical spinal surgery with fusion (ACSF). In ESHNR - 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology.

Videofluorography and MDCT findings in a case of pharyngeal perforation after anterior cervical spinal surgery with fusion (ACSF)

LO CASTO, Antonio;PURPURA, Pierpaolo;GANGUZZA, Francesca;LA TONA, Giuseppe
2010-01-01

Abstract

Purpose Anterior cervical spinal surgery with fusion (ACSF) is the most widely used technique in the management of cervical spondylosis or disc herniation. A case of pharyngeal perforation after ACSF demonstrated by videofluorography and MDCT is described. Methods A 39-year-old man, recently undergone to ACSF for interbody C3-C5 fusion with anterior cervical plate and screws, was submitted to a pharingoesophageal videofluorography and 64 row-MDCT of the neck before and after oral administration of iodine contrast medium for persistent high dysphagia. Results In the plain radiograph a fractured screw was detected, anterolaterally displaced on the right to the cervical spine, outside the pharingeal lumen. After high-density (250% weight/volume) barium suspension administration the screw floated outside the pharingeal lumen at C4-C6 level, and an extraluminal leak of barium was observed. On CT MPR and 3D reformatted images confirmed the screw was fractured and displaced outside the plate in the retropharingeal space, anteriorly to C4, and also the hypothesis of posterior pharingeal wall damage, for the presence of gas bubbles in the retropharingeal space, thickening of prevertebral soft tissues, and contrast medium leak through a pharyngeal break in the retropharingeal space. Conclusions Imaging can play a role to correctly address the cause of disphagya after ACSF.
2010
ESHNR - 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology
Vienna
9-11 Settembre 2010
2010
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Lo Casto, A., Purpura, P., Lo Greco, V., Ganguzza, F., La Tona, G. (2010). Videofluorography and MDCT findings in a case of pharyngeal perforation after anterior cervical spinal surgery with fusion (ACSF). In ESHNR - 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology.
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