The term DISH has been coined 1975 when Resnick realised that the disease is not limited to the spine but rather involves also the appendicular skeleton. However, still the clinical manifestations of ...

One significant study examined the prevalence of DISH using whole spine CT scans from 1,815 polytrauma ... ischemic heart disease, and obesity, suggesting that DISH may be linked to metabolic ...

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by the abnormal ossification of spinal ligaments, particularly affecting the thoracic spine. While DISH primarily ...

other implications for the recognition of DISH include spinal fractures, difficult intubation and upper endoscopies, decreased response rates in DISH with concomitant spondyloarthritides, and ...

mainly around your spine. These bands of tissue can become hardened (calcified) and form growths called bone spurs where they connect to your bones. DISH can also cause bone spurs in your hips, knees, ...

1 A 77-year old gentleman presented to the emergency department with worsening difficulty in breathing for 3 months since undergoing spinal surgery for multilevel cervical ... a neurosurgical centre ...

His medical history was notable for hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and cervical spine disc herniation requiring ... Prevalence of dysphagia in DISH is reportedly 0.1% - 6%. Lateral cervical ...

Ossification starts and extends from insertions of skeletal muscles, ligaments, and joint capsules. The most prominent features of DISH appear on the spine as flowing appositions of newly formed ...

and Crohn’s disease in 1.4% (N=1). DISH was symptomatic in 87.1% of patients, with a partial or total response to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in 31.4% of patients. The median number of bone ...

aol.com Cervical spine fractures associated with diffuse idiopathic hyperostosis (DISH) are less common than those associated with ankylosing spondylitis and can occur after minor trauma in patients ...

[10] Patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis are also ... in a patient with Parkinson's disease complicating a severely ankylosed spine, thus, firstly report the case and discuss ...