Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis [Orthopedic Surgery]

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Keywords

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, Forestier disease, Forestier's disease, DISH, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, OPLL, anterior longitudinal ligament, posterior longitudinal ligament, ankylosing spondylitis, senile ankylosing spondylitis, enthesopathy

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