Abstract
A case of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis presenting as acute thoracic myelopathy is reported. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis has long been regarded as a radiological entity with an innocuous clinical course. The manifestations of this disease are reviewed. There is mounting evidence that it is neither a clinically infrequent nor, as this case report illustrates, an exclusively benign condition.
MeSH terms
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Female
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Humans
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Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / complications*
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Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / diagnosis
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Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / diagnostic imaging
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Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / surgery
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Middle Aged
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Radiography
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Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
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Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology*
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Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery
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Spinal Osteophytosis / complications*