title: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) and non small cell lung cancer: case presentation and review of the literature.
abstract: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier's disease, is a systemic non inflammatory disease of unknown cause. It is characterized by the presence of osteophytes due to calcification and ossification of spinal ligaments and entheses. Moreover, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis has been associated with a variety of metabolic disorders. However, to the best of our knowledge no association with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported so far. In the present study we report a case of a patient with NSCLC and DISH.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Pulmonary Department, "Attikon" University Hospital, Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. etomos@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tomos
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlami
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakatsani
authors.forename: Ioanna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Korbila
authors.forename: Effrosyni D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Manali
authors.forename: Spyros A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Papiris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012907:Smoking; D013909:Thorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: DISH; bronchoscopy; lung cancer