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Chronic bone abscess as an unusual cause of dysphagia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Art A. P. Connolly*
Affiliation:
London
John Waldron
Affiliation:
London
Nicolas Stafford
Affiliation:
London
Rolfe Birch
Affiliation:
London
*
Dr A. A. P. Connolly, ENT Department, St. Mary's Hospital, London W.2.

Abstract

Chronic infections following cervical spine surgery are rare. Here we describe an unusual case presenting five years after anterior spinal fusion.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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