Treatment of Two Cases of Forestier-Rotes-Querol’s Disease Tratamiento de dos casos de enfermedad de Forestier-Rotes Querol

A 63-year-old male was referred to our department from Primary Care with odinophagia of several years’ evolution, with episodes of fluctuating dysphonia and dyspnoea. He has a history as a smoker and moderate drinker, COPD, hiatus hernia with gastroesophageal reflux and ankylosing spondulitis. Physical exploration showed no changes to the larynx, with protrusion of the posterior wall of the hypopharynx. Nasofibroscopy revealed no suspicious lesions or signs which could attribute the odinophagia to other diseases or concomitant conditions. A cervical CT found degenerative lesions with prominent osteophytes on the anterior face of vertebral bodies C3 and C4, and of less intensity on C2 and C5, which were distorting and compressing the hypopharynx (Figs. 1--3). The lack of involvement of the intervertebral discs and the absence of ankylosis were key to a diagnosis of Forestier’s disease. As the airway was not compromised, the condition was managed using hygiene