Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

A disease of elderly men characterized by large osteophytes that bridge vertebrae and ossification of ligaments and tendon insertions.

Also Known As:

Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal; Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis; Forestier's Disease; Forestier-Rotes Disease; Ankylosing Hyperostoses, Vertebral; Ankylosing Hyperostosis, Vertebral; Disease, Forestier; Disease, Forestier's; Disease, Forestier-Rotes; Forestier Rotes Disease; Forestiers Disease; Hyperostoses, Vertebral Ankylosing; Hyperostosis, Vertebral Ankylosing; Vertebral Ankylosing Hyperostoses; Forestier Disease; Vertebral Ankylosing Hyperostosis

Musculoskeletal Diseases: 751
- Bone Diseases: 5970
  - Spinal Diseases: 468
    - Spinal Osteophytosis: 4
      - Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: 153
  - Hyperostosis: 356
    - Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: 153

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