Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Case contributed by Bálint Botz
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma context.

Patient Data

Age: 90 years
Gender: Male

Florid, confluous anterior bridging osteophytes, advanced degenerative changes and disc disease. Note small foci of calcification within the nuchal ligament. 

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