degenerative disc disease

Introduction

See:

• osteoarthritis of the spine
• lumbar disc disease

Radiology

• disks shrink with loss of intervertebral disk space

Differential diagnosis

• diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
  • preservation of intervertebral disk space

More general terms

• disc disease

Additional terms

• lumbar disc disease
• osteoarthritis of the spine