title: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and central cord syndrome after minor trauma: a case report.
abstract: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is characterized by anterior and lateral ossification of the vertebral body. We present a case report of central cord syndrome in a patient with DISH after minor trauma. The patient was treated surgically. We also discuss symptomatology and the common mechanism of cord injury in DISH.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.forename: Ergün
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karavelioğlu
authors.forename: Mehmet Gazi
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Boyacı
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ayçiçek
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020210:Central Cord Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male