Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: A case report
- Author:
SS Anand
;
G Das
;
DP Chakraborty
;
SP Saha
;
P Tripathi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Neurology Asia
2012;17(4):365-368
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a disease of old age, in which there is bony proliferation of
spine in ventral and lateral aspects of vertebral body. A 80-years-old male presented to us with features
of low back pain radiating along the right lower limb in the posterolateral aspect. After examination
and investigations, he was found to have metabolic syndrome, degenerative lumbar disc disease, and
his X-Ray and MRI showed diffuse thickening of lumbar vertebrae from L2-S1. This suggested that
the patient had diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with extraspinal manifestations which coexisted
with lumbar degenerative disc disease. This case shows that both diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
and lumbar degenerative disc disease can coexist. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis should also
be kept as a differential diagnosis in chronic low back pain in old age.
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