An unusual type of Forestier's disease.

Abstract

Forestier's disease is generally characterized by the presence of heavy osteophytes in the vertebral column, sometimes associated with bony deposits in the ligaments and tendons at the sites of attachment to the bones of the extremities. The authors describe a variation of this syndrome-a patient with symmetrical bony deposits in the ligaments and tendons at the sites of attachment to the bones of the extremities, but with subminimal osteophytes in the vertebral column.

• Authors: C J Sutro, W H Sutro
• Journal: Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute (Bull Hosp Jt Dis Orthop Inst) Vol. 41 Pg. 88-94 ( 1981) ISSN: 0883-9344 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6272918 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Ossification, Heterotopic (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Radiography
• Spinal Osteophytosis (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Syndrome