the occurrence of this postoperative complication , coupled with the appearance of bony outgrowths at sites of ligament attachment throughout the axial and extra-axial skeleton in patients with ankylosing hyperostosis of the spine , suggests the presence of an underlying ossifying diathesis , diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis ( dish ) .
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bony outgrowths
C0020492
hyperostosis