title: Imaging characteristics of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with an emphasis on acute spinal fractures: review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The educational objectives of this self-assessment module are for the participant to exercise, self-assess, and improve his or her understanding of the imaging of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), with emphasis on acute spinal fractures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Understanding the pathomechanics of the fractures in the ankylosed spine is important in the differentiation of the acute spinal fractures in DISH and ankylosing spondylitis. This article emphasizes the imaging features of spinal DISH and acute spinal fractures in DISH, distinguishing them specifically from those in ankylosing spondylitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 N Campbell Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. mihrat@radiology.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Mihra S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Taljanovic
authors.forename: Tim B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wisneski
authors.forename: Joachim F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Seeger
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Friend
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Lee F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Rogers
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed