title: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) of the shoulder: a cause of shoulder pain?
abstract: Shoulder pain is a common complaint and shoulder hyperostosis a frequent radiological condition. However, little is known about the association between the clinical and radiological findings. To evaluate the clinical relevance of shoulder hyperostosis we performed a controlled, blind study of 99 hospitalized probands with and without thoracospinal hyperostosis on lateral chest X-rays. The study included grading of the shoulder hyperostosis on the basis of three bilateral standard radiographs, assessing shoulder pain in a standardized way by an interviewer and recording extraskeletal causes of shoulder pain. The prevalence of shoulder hyperostosis was doubled in probands with thoracospinal hyperostosis compared to controls (chi 2 = 5.90, P less than 0.025, n = 99). Shoulder hyperostosis, irrespective of thoracospinal hyperostosis, predisposed to shoulder pain (40% versus 18%, chi 2 = 4.06, P less than 0.05, n = 74). Shoulder hyperostosis in combination with thoracospinal hyperostosis (shoulder DISH) predisposed to shoulder pain to an even greater extent (46% versus 12%, chi 2 = 6.64, P less than 0.01, n = 47). We conclude that shoulder hyperostosis is a radiological finding of potential clinical relevance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, University of Berne, Inselspital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beyeler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schlapbach
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sturzenegger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fahrer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van der Linden
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bürgi
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ehrengruber
mesh_terms: D001175:Arthrography; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015588:Observer Variation; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013909:Thorax