Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

X-ray images of the thoracic spine of a patient with DISH. (A–C) Posterior–anterior and (D) lateral: large right-sided flowing bridges (white arrows). Note the space between the ligament and the vertebral body (*). Thick flowing ossification of the anterior lateral ligament is shown (black arrow)

Mader R, et al. RMD Open 2020; 6: e001151. doi: 10.1136; used with permission

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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

​CT images of the thoracic spine in DISH. (A–C) Sagittal: CT scan images of anterior flowing osteophytes (arrows). (D) Coronal: dish of the thoracic spine (arrow) reconstructed from the chest CT scan. L = left

Mader R, et al. RMD Open 2020; 6: e001151. doi: 10.1136; used with permission

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