Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: An Anatomical Case Report
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory disease of unknown cause characterised by osteophytic calcification or ossification of ligaments and enthesis; especially spinal. Authors hereby present a case report of a 65-year-old male cadaver, in whom the fusion of contiguou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/14579/46200_CE[Ra1]_F(KM)_PF1(SK1_KM)_PFA(OM)_PN(KM).pdf |
| Summary: | Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a noninflammatory disease of unknown cause characterised by osteophytic
calcification or ossification of ligaments and enthesis; especially spinal. Authors hereby present a case report of a 65-year-old male
cadaver, in whom the fusion of contiguous nine vertebrae from fifth thoracic to first lumbar vertebrae, because of ossification of
the Anterior Longitudinal Ligament (ALL) was noticed. The tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae seemed to be affected worse, as
maximum osseous anterior outgrowth (12 mm) of ossified ALL, ossification of Ligamentum Flavum (LF) and supraspinous ligament
was also observed at this level. The Ossification of Anterior Longitudinal Ligament (OALL) along with the involvement of LF has
not been classically reported. Ossification of spinal ligaments may cause local thoracic pain, stiffness and slowly progressive
myelopathy. Ossified LF at the level of joint between tenth and eleventh thoracic vertebrae may result in compression of spinal cord
at this level.
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |