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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) causing spinal stenosis and sudden paraplegia.
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1983
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Spinal StenosisSudden ParaplegiaLumbosacral RadiculopathyNeurologic ComplicationsSpinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord CompressionEmergency LaminectomySpinal FusionSurgeryNeurologyThoracic SpineSpine DeformitySpine SurgeryNeuropathologyMedicineSpinal DisorderOrthopaedic Surgery
Neurologic complications due to spinal cord compression developed in a patient with diffuse, idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (Forestier's disease) originally mistaken for ankylosing spondylitis. Emergency laminectomy stopped progression of the symptoms and resulted in slow improvement.