Diseases

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis

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

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

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

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Synonyms

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

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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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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Previous Indexing

  • Spinal Diseases (1966-1984)
  • Spinal Osteophytosis (1966-1984)
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing (1966-1984)

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  1. C05w.116w.540w.410w
  2. C05w.116w.900w.815.651w

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NLM Classification

WE 727

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004057. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004057
  2. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_idiopathic_skeletal_hyperostosis
  3. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742762