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SUBMITTER: Kuperus JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6175084 | biostudies-other | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kuperus Jonneke S JS Smit Esther J M EJM Pouran Behdad B van Hamersvelt Robbert W RW van Stralen Marijn M Seevinck Peter R PR Buckens Constantinus F CF Bleys Ronald L A W RLAW Weinans Harrie H HH Oner F Cumhur FC de Jong Pim A PA Verlaan Jorrit-Jan JJ
Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 20180524 9
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is often theorized to be an ossification of the anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL). Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and cryomacrotome sectioning, we investigated the spatial relationship between the ALL and newly formed bone in DISH to test this hypothesis. In the current study, four human cadaveric spines diagnosed with DISH using CT imaging were frozen and sectioned using a cryomacrotome. Photographs were obtained of the specimen at 125 ...[more]