Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a relatively common disorder predominating in men (65 to 70 percent),i with a prevalence of approximately 3 percent in adults older than 40 years of age2 and from 12 percent to 15 percent in patients more than 65 years of age.3,4 In 1950 Forestier and Rotes-Querol5 introduced the term senile ankylosing hyperostosis of the spine. DISH has long b...

Compression fractures are the most common vertebral fractures. They involve the anterior column of the spine, and are considered stable fractures due to the presence of intact posterior ligaments that aid in resisting further collapse and deformity. They are thus often managed conservatively. We describe a series of 3 cases that were initially diagnosed as compression fractures and managed cons...

OBJECTIVE In order to evaluate the relationships between DISH and vertebral osteochondrosis (degenerative disc disease), the radiographs of the spine of 69 DISH patients were compared to those of 68 controls. METHODS Radiographs of 69 patients affected by DISH according to Resnick's criteria and of 68 control subjects affected by diseases other than DISH, were evaluated in order to determine ...

This case report illustrates the presence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in a fighting Bulldog. The dog was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan, with the presenting complaint of slowly progressing staggering gait, inability to stand on hind limbs and muscle stiffness in lumbo-sacral region. Hematological, serobiochemica...

Although the development of noticeable lines on the face is usually associated with smoking, this is not always so. Although no such persons were encountered during this survey, non-smokers are occasionally encountered with lined faces suggestive of smoker's face. These people tend to be women and although their faces are lined, their complexions are usually sufficiently clear to suggest that i...

CONTEXT In Uganda, modern contraceptive use has recently increased in areas served by the Delivery of Improved Services for Health (DISH) project. Whether these increases are associated with facility-level factors is unknown, however. METHODS Data from the 1999 DISH Evaluation Surveys were used in multivariate logistic regressions to assess the independent relationships of five indicators of ...

Over half of the oil reservoirs in the United States are considered “empty” although they still contain approximately 50% of their potential yield (Exxon Corporation, 1983). Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a rhamnolipid biosurfactant extracellularly that can drive this trapped oil from crevices into openings that can be easily pumped. This tertiary method of oil recovery is currently being used...

An 8-month sequential study at 4-weekly intervals of faecal Klebsiella aerogenes and clinical activity of ankylosing spondylitis is described. Similar frequencies of faecal K. aerogenes were found in the 44 patients and 36 healthy controls studied. Eighteen patients on 19 occasions had K. aerogenes cultured from their faeces, when the preceding specimen had been negative. Six (31.6%) of these o...