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SYNDESMOPHYTES VERSUS OSTEOPHYTES

“ 1.   Syndesmophytes have a vertical orientation 2.   Osteophytes arise a few millimetres from the discovertebral junction 3.   Osteophytes...

1.  Syndesmophytes have a vertical orientation

2.  Osteophytes arise a few millimetres from the discovertebral junction
3.  Osteophytes are triangular in shape
4.  New bone formation in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperplasia arises from the anterior longitudinal ligament and is prolific