Incidence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis from a model of dysphagia.

CONCLUSIONS: DISH is an ankylosing ossification between the joints, frequently systemic but showing no clinical symptoms. When symptoms manifest, neck movements and upper airways are involved, mainly dysphagia. A few cases need surgery to relieve the calcification processes.
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Source: Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola - May 19, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: García Callejo FJ, Oishi N, López Sánchez I, Pallarés Martí B, Rubio Fernández A, Gómez Gómez MJ Tags: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp Source Type: research