Ortner's syndrome

Ortner syndrome is a rare disease that is characterized by a spontaneous and sharp increase in the volume of the body of individual cervical vertebrae, followed by the formation of tumor-like formations of various sizes and shapes. In typical cases, this pathological process affects the VII cervical or IX-XII thoracic vertebrae. The disease was first described in 1889 by the Austrian psychiatrist J. Orternbred [4