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Atlantoaxial subluxation as a complication of early ankylosing spondylitis

✍ Scribed by Steven Sorin; Ali Askari; Roland W. Moskowitz

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1979
Tongue
English
Weight
643 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Atlantoaxial subluxation is uncommon in ankylosing spondylitis, especially early in the course of the disease. Two patients are described in whom atlantoaxial subluxation occurred early in the course of otherwise typical ankylosing spondylitis. The presumed mechanism is localized synovitis producing laxity or rupture of the transverse ligament. Cervical roentgenograms in maximal flexion and extension are necessary to evaluate both the degree of subluxation and the risk of cord compression.

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