Author/Authors :
Mirzashahi Babak نويسنده Orthopedic Department, Imam Hospital Complex, Joint
Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical
Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Dehghani Firoozabadi Mohammad Javad نويسنده Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran, Iran , Vahar Mehdi نويسنده Orthopedics Department - Joint Reconstruction Research Center - Imam Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Yaseen Khan Furqan Mohammad نويسنده Orthopedics Department - Joint Reconstruction Research Center - Imam Hospital Complex - Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a systemic disease that is mostly reported in the spinal column with or without extraspinal involvement. DISH is often asymptomatic, but in case of progressive symptoms such as dysphagia, surgery may be required. Not only coexistence of DISH and ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is uncommon, but also dysphagia as a presenting symptom in these patients is quite rare. To our knowledge, there are merely few such cases have been reported in the literature. In this study, we present the case of a 30-year-old man with the chief compliant of progressive dysphagia. After evaluation, diagnoses of DISH and OPLL were established, due to poor response to conservative treatment, the patient was managed surgically and favorable results were achieved.
