An unusual case of osteoarthritis?

Abstract

Abstract Forestier disease is a condition characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments and entheses particularly affecting axial skeleton. Diagnosis is difficult and mandates a high suspicion level, but unexpensive and accessible examinations like a simple radiography might provide useful diagnostic clues in these challenging clinical scenarios and improve clinical assistance.

Keywords

• bone
• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
• Forestier disease
• osteoarthritis
• radiography