title: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and situs viscerum inversus.
abstract: We describe a 74-year-old woman with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and situs viscerum inversus. The radiographic alterations typical of DISH were present only on the left side of her thoracic spine. The role of the thoracic aorta in preventing DISH adjacent to its side and some pathogenetic aspects of this skeletal disorder are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ospedale Civile A. Cardarelli, Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carile
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verdone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buongusto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D011859:Radiography; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology