Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis in an Orangutan (pongo P. Pygmaeus) in the Amsterdam Zoo
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In this paper the alterations of the skeleton of a 42 year old, Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus, Linnaeus, 1760) are described. The skeleton showed typical hyperostosis and calcification on the right side of the thoracic vertebrae, consistent with the skeletal disease known in human pathology under the name of Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH, ankylosing hyperostosis). This disease is well known in man, but to our knowledge this is the first description of a case of DISH in an Orangutan.
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