Spondylitis Ankylopoietica with Deformity of the Cervical Spine
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Cervical spine fracture associated with ankylosing spondylitis.
A 53-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was found unresponsive on the ground. He was comatose and quadriplegic with absent cough and gag reflexes but preserved corneal and pupillary responses. CT of the spine (figure) showed displaced C2 fracture, severely deformed spinal cord, and complete spinal ankylosis. He developed hemodynamic instability with persistently poor arousal, and his...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591575004300422