Presentation
Backache
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Forestier disease
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Multi-level syndesmophytes continuously involving lumbar spine from L1 to L5 vertebral bodies, mostly anterior. Intervertebral spaces are preserved.
Case Discussion
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier disease, is a relatively common condition depicted by bony proliferation at sites of tendinous and ligamentous insertion of the spine affecting elderly individuals. On imaging, it is typically characterized by the flowing ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament involving the thoracic spine and enthesopathy.
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