A study of Skeletal Remains with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis(Dish) from the Edo Period, Japan.

Bibliographic Data

ID24099683
AuthorsTakao Suzuki (0000-0001-5489-0983, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology), Hisashi Fujita (0000-0003-0582-6744, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology), Shuichiro Narasaki (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology), Osamu Kondo (0000-0001-9729-1446, Sapporo Medical University), Kazutaka Adachi (The University of Tokyo)
Year1993
Volume101
Issue3
Pages273-290
Publication date1993-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
PublisherAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.101.273
OpenAlexW2010840327
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited4

General hyperostotic diathesis diagnosed as diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) was found in an almost complete skeleton from the Edo period (1603-1867 A.D.) and is described here from a paleopathological view point. A remarkable ossification was found in the thoracolumbar spines, partly forming an ankylosis between Th-12 and L-1 by exuberant osteophytes with “dripping wax” and/or “candle flame” appearance. In the extraspinal skeleton, abnormal hyperostoses were found at muscle and ligament attachments in both axial and peripheral skeletons. These abnormal ossifications occur in various diseases including spondylosis deformans (SD), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), ankylosing spinal hyperostosis (ASH), and DISH, all of which are discussed in this article from the viewpoint of historical concept of diseases and differential diagnosis.

Ankylosing spondylitis · Ankylosis · Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis · Hyperostosis · Ossification · Skeleton (computer programming) · Anatomy · Medicine · Orthodontics · Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments · Surgery