Büyükkaya, RamazanBüyükkaya, AylaÖztürk, BeyhanÖzşahin, MustafaErdoğmuş, Beşir2020-04-302020-04-3020141302-02341308-6316https://doi.org/10.5152/tftrd.2014.84704https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/5366WOS: 000346139300012Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also called Forestier disease, is usually observed in elderly people older than 60 years, and the etiology is not known exactly. This disease is usually asymptomatic but may present with different symptoms related to mechanical compression due to osteophytes. Although dysphagia is well known among the presenting symptoms of DISH, particularly vertebral dysphagia, due to osteophyte compression, vocal cord paralysis is rarely reported. In this report, a 78-year-old male presented with dysphagia and hoarseness, and as a result of the evaluation, left vocal cord paralysis due to an entrapped recurrent laryngeal nerve and esophageal compression secondary to cervical osteophytes was detected. We discuss the clinical and imaging features of this unusual case of Forestier's disease in conjunction with the literature.en10.5152/tftrd.2014.84704info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDISHvocal cord paralysiscomputed tomographymagnetic resonance imagingArticle604341344WOS:000346139300012N/AQ4