Prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) assessed with whole-spine computed tomography in 1479 subjects

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 178 - 7
• Main Authors: Hiyama, Akihiko, Katoh, Hiroyuki, Sakai, Daisuke, Sato, Masato, Tanaka, Masahiro, Watanabe, Masahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.05.2018; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis; CAT scans; Computed tomography; Computed tomography (CT); Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH); Female; Females; Fractures; Humans; Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal - epidemiology; Insulin; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Males; Middle Aged; Musculoskeletal diseases; Ossification; Patients; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Risk factors; Spine (thoracic); Spine - diagnostic imaging; Statistical analysis; Stress concentration; Thoracic spine; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - trends; Trauma; Vertebrae; Young Adult; Japan; Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH); Computed tomography (CT); Prevalence; Thoracic spine

Computed tomography (CT) analyses have reported that the prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in Japan is 8.7-27.1%. However, these data were obtained using chest-abdominal CT, and no evaluations of sagittal, coronal, and axial images using whole-spine CT have been reported....