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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by abnormal calcification/bone formation (hyperostosis) of the soft tissues surrounding the joints of the spine, and also of the peripheral or appendicular skeleton. [1]
A range of bone-formation processes are associated with aging, degeneration, mechanical instability, and disease (such as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis). Osteophyte formation has classically been related to sequential and consequential changes in such processes.
Hyperostosis is an excessive growth of bone. It may lead to exostosis. It occurs in many musculoskeletal disorders. Disorders featuring hyperostosis include: [1] Camurati-Engelmann disease, type 2; Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, primary, autosomal recessive, 2; Melorheostosis; Tumoral calcinosis, hyperphosphatemic, familial, 1; Worth disease
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1 Causes. 2 Diagnosis. 3 Treatment. 4 Prognosis. 5 Epidemiology. 6 References. 7 External links. ... OPLL may also be associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal ...
[13] (see also: Intervertebral disc arthroplasty) Other degeneration of the vertebral column includes diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) [14] which is the calcification or ossification of the ligaments surrounding the vertebrae. This degeneration causes stiffness and sometimes even curvature in the lumbar and thoraco-lumbar spinal ...
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