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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis information

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Description: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis aka/or DISH aka/or Forestier disease aka/or Forrestier's disease (sic) aka/or Ankylosing vertebral hyperostosis may cause or feature - Miscellaneous syndromes Hyperostosis Symptoms and Signs Arthropathy Back pain Dysphagia Dysphonia Stridor X-ray abnormalities Spondylitis Orthopaedic conditions Spondylitis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Definition(s) via UMLS "A disease of elderly men characterized by large osteophytes that bridge vertebrae and ossification of ligaments and tendon insertions."

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Added: Sat Mar 17 2007