Figure 15: Forestier’s disease in a 75-year-old female patient. Dysphagia because of prominent hyperostosis of the cervical spine: a – endoscopically, a clear midline protrusion of the posterior pharyngeal wall is visible with relation to the base of tongue and epiglottis; b – lateral radiography of the cervical spine of the same patient with visible bony attachments to the vertebrae and ligamentous structures (C2–6, see arrows).