Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: differentiation from ankylosing spondylitis.

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis versus Ankylosing Spondylitis: Brief Case Review

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis versus Ankylosing Spondylitis: Brief Case Review D idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is an idiopathic form of degenerative arthritis. It is usually characterized by exuberant bony growth along the anterior longitudinal ligament and typically affects males over 60 years of age. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, previously known as Forestier’s disea...

Forestier's disease presenting as a retropharyngeal mass in an elderly with dysphagia.

Dear Editor, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier’s disease, is a non-infl ammatory enthesopathy of unknown etiology. Affecting predominantly men, it results in fl owing, robust ossifi cation of the anterior longitudinal ligament of the spine. In contrast to ankylosing spondylitis, the disc space itself is usually spared and by defi nition, it affects 4 or mo...

Surgical Treatment After Spinal Trauma in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Spondyloarthropathy occurring in long-standing idiopathic hypoparathyroidism

Idiopathic hypoparathyroidism can rarely present with extensive spondyloarthropathic changes that closely resemble ankylosing spondylitis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, or fluorosis. Clinical presentation of the patient, typical laboratory parameters, and radiological findings aid in their differential diagnosis. Extensive spondyloarthropathy with normal sacroiliac joints in patient...

Palaeopathology of spinal osteophytosis, vertebral ankylosis, ankylosing spondylitis, and vertebral hyperostosis.

Five hundred and sixty intact skeletons and several thousand disarticulated vertebrae have been examined with special reference to spinal fusion. In period they ranged from a 21st dynasty Egyptian mummy to a mid-19th century skeleton. Osteophytes were found in about half of the specimens, as reported previously. Fifteen skeletons with extensive blocks of spinal fusion were also identified. Sacr...