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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Hyperostosis > Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Spinal Diseases > Spinal Osteophytosis > Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal

Preferred term

Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ankylosing Hyperostoses, Vertebral
  • Ankylosing Hyperostosis, Vertebral
  • Ankylosing Vertebral Hyperostosis with Tylosis
  • Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
  • Disease, Forestier
  • Disease, Forestier-Rotes
  • Disease, Forestier's
  • Forestier Disease
  • Forestier Rotes Disease
  • Forestier-Rotes Disease
  • Forestier's Disease
  • Forestiers Disease
  • Hyperostoses, Vertebral Ankylosing
  • Hyperostosis, Vertebral Ankylosing
  • Vertebral Ankylosing Hyperostoses
  • Vertebral Ankylosing Hyperostosis

Scope note

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

History note

  • 91(90); was see under SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS 1990; was DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS see under SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS 1985-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004057

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