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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, dog
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, dog

    Lateral radiographic view of a dog with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). There is flowing ossification along the ventral aspect of most of the vertebral bodies.

Courtesy of Dr. William Thomas.

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