Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Causing Dysphagia: A Case Report

Ahmet Celal Iplikcioglu; Hamza Karabag

doi:10.4172/2471-8416.100055

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis Causing Dysphagia: A Case Report

Abstract

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a noninflammatory systemic disease characterized by the osteophyte formation of vertebrae and ossification of various extraspinal ligaments. Although DISH is a relatively common disease, cervical involvement causing dysphagia is rare. In this report, we present such a case. The clinical features, diagnosis and the treatment of DISH are also discussed.

Author(s): Ahmet Celal Iplikcioglu, Hamza Karabag*

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