diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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A generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments, particularly of the anterior longitudinal ligament. Also called ankylosing hyperostosis, Forrestier's disease, hyperostotic spondylosis.

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis,

a form of degenerative joint disease in which the ligaments along the spinal column become calcified and lose their flexibility.

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ankylosing hyperostosis Forrestier's disease hyperostosis hyperostotic spondylosis spinal stenosis			Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (figure 1, B) and computed tomography of the cervical spine confirmed an underlying diagnosis of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). A decade of unexplained dysphagia by Burgess, Christopher; Hughes, Richard; Griffiths, Stewart; Cadoux-Hudson, Thomas / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Bone spurs are the trademark sign of some of the most painful diseases like DISH - diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, plantar fasciitis, spondylosis and spinal stenosis. Bone Spur - A Sign of Aging by Sharon Hopkins / Health, general community			differentiate differentiating agent differentiation differentiation therapy Difficult Airway difficult eruption Difficult Patient diffraction diffraction fringes diffraction halo diffusate diffuse diffuse abscess diffuse alveolar damage diffuse angiokeratoma diffuse axonal injury diffuse cataract diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis diffuse emphysema diffuse erythema Diffuse Esophageal Spasm diffuse fibrosing alveolitis diffuse goiter diffuse hypersensitivity pneumonia diffuse hypertrophy-breast diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis diffuse ischemic injury diffuse large B-cell lymphoma diffuse lipoma diffuse lymphoma diffuse mesangial proliferation diffuse myelitis diffuse myocardial fibrosis diffuse noxious inhibitory control diffuse peritonitis diffuse scleroderma diffuse sclerosis diffuse waxy spleen diffused light Diffusely Positive Review of Systems diffuser diffusible diffusible stimulant diffusing capacity diffusing capacity of lungs diffusion diffusion anoxia diffusion chamber diffusion coefficient diffusion constant			Diffuse Excessive High-Signal Intensity diffuse fibrosing alveolitis diffuse fibrosing alveolitis diffuse fibrosing alveolitis diffuse front diffuse galactic light Diffuse Global Granulomatous Glomerulonephritis diffuse glomerulonephritis diffuse glomerulonephritis diffuse glomerulonephritis diffuse goiter Diffuse goitre Diffuse goitre Diffuse goitre Diffuse Granulomatous Lung Disease diffuse hepatic fibrosis diffuse hepatic fibrosis diffuse hepatic fibrosis diffuse hereditary gingival fibrosis diffuse hereditary gingival fibrosis diffuse hereditary gingival fibrosis Diffuse Histiocytic Lymphoma Diffuse histiocytic sarcoma diffuse hypergammaglobulinemia diffuse hypersensitivity pneumonia diffuse hypertrophy-breast diffuse idiopathic interstitial fibrosis diffuse idiopathic interstitial fibrosis diffuse idiopathic interstitial fibrosis Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) diffuse illumination Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome Diffuse Infrared Background Explorer Diffuse inter-reflection Diffuse interreflection Diffuse Interstellar Bands Diffuse interstitial fibrosis Diffuse Interstitial Lung Disease diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis Diffuse Intrasinusoidal Metastasis to the Liver Diffuse intravascular coagulation Diffuse intravascular coagulation Diffuse intravascular coagulation Diffuse intravascular coagulation Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Diffuse Iris Melanoma diffuse ischemic injury Diffuse Jammer Multi-path Diffuse Lamellar Keratitis Diffuse Large B-Cell Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Diffuse Large Cell Lymphoma Diffuse Lewy body disease

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