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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis may give the typical postural abnormalities of advanced ankylosing spondylitis
- Source :
- Rheumatology. 46:1709-1711
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2007.
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Abstract
- Objectives. To describe a case-series of patients who presented with the typical postural abnormalities of long-standing advanced ankylosing spondylitis (AS) but were instead found to suffer from diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). Methods. We enrolled consecutive patients who showed postural abnormalities, which at first suggested to us the diagnosis of long-standing advanced AS, although the diagnostic process led us to the correct diagnosis of DISH. Each patient had a complete physical examination and radiographs of the spine and pelvis, and was investigated for HLA-B27 locus typing. Results. From 15 June 1998 to 15 June 2006, 15 patients with DISH were seen who presented with the typical postural abnormalities of long-standing advanced AS. All patients were males with a median age of 69yrs (range 51-91). All lacked HLA-B27 and denied personal or family history of spondyloarthritis. All measurements assessing cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal movement were abnormal. Conclusions. Patients suffering from DISH can occasionally have severe limitations of spinal mobility, along with postural abnormalities that resemble long-standing advanced AS. Thus, the differential diagnosis between DISH and advanced AS is not limited to the radiological findings and can also extend to the clinical findings in the two diseases, as is highlighted by our report.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Physical examination
Spinal Curvatures
Thoracic Vertebrae
Diagnosis, Differential
Lumbar
Rheumatology
Ankylosing hyperostosis
medicine
Humans
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Pharmacology (medical)
Range of Motion, Articular
Family history
Pelvis
Aged
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Aged, 80 and over
Ankylosing spondylitis
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal
Lumbar Vertebrae
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
Radiography
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cervical Vertebrae
Radiology
Differential diagnosis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14620332 and 14620324
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Rheumatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....41b987dc340ffc4f3ecaef297c518acb