Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and situs viscerum inversus

L Carile; F Verdone; A Aiello; G Buongusto

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and situs viscerum inversus

J Rheumatol. 1989 Aug;16(8):1120-2.

Authors

L Carile¹, F Verdone, A Aiello, G Buongusto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Ospedale Civile A. Cardarelli, Campobasso, Italy.

PMID: 2585410

Abstract

We describe a 74-year-old woman with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and situs viscerum inversus. The radiographic alterations typical of DISH were present only on the left side of her thoracic spine. The role of the thoracic aorta in preventing DISH adjacent to its side and some pathogenetic aspects of this skeletal disorder are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aorta, Thoracic / pathology
Dextrocardia / complications
Dextrocardia / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / complications
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / pathology
Obesity / complications
Radiography
Spinal Osteophytosis / diagnostic imaging*
Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology