BOF 62
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) all
are true, except:
1-affects 10% of males and 8 % of females by the age
of 65 years
2-in most cases, there is an associated obesity,
hypertension type II diabetes mellitus
3-defined as florid new bone formation along the
anterolateral aspects of 4 contiguous vertebral bodies
4-there is disc space narrowing and marginal vertebral
body sclerosis
5-usually is an asymptomatic radiological finding