Not All Osteophytes Are Located on the Right Side of the Vertebrae in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Quantitative Analysis in Relation to the Position of Aorta.

Osteophytes are not always located on the right side of vertebrae, but move with the position of the descending aorta. Furthermore, the morphology of osteophytes varies by vertebral segment in DISH, which is related to aorta descending anteriorly in the spine.