%0 Journal Article %T Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of cervical spine - An unusual cause of difficult flexible fiber optic intubation %A Baxi Vaibhavi %A Gaiwal Sucheta %J Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia %D 2010 %I Medknow Publications %X This is a report of anterior osteophytes on the cervical vertebra resulting in distortion of the airway and leading to difficulty during intubation. The osteophytes associated with the syndrome of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis were at the C2-3 and C6-7, T1 level and resulted in anterior displacement of the pharynx and the trachea respectively. %K Cervical spine %K DISH %K difficult intubation %K fiberoptic intubation %U http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2010;volume=4;issue=1;spage=17;epage=19;aulast=Baxi