Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Synonyms

DISH

Definitions

A disease of elderly men characterized by large osteophytes that bridge vertebrae and ossification of ligaments and tendon insertions. [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID5069

Definition

A disease of elderly men characterized by large osteophytes that bridge vertebrae and ossification of ligaments and tendon insertions. [MeSH]

label

RID5069

Preferred_name

diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Preferred_name_German

Diffuse idiopathische Skeletthyperostose

prefixIRI

RID5069

Synonym

DISH

Forrestier disease

UMLS_ID

C0020498

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID5068

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