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Original article| Volume 16, ISSUE 1, P31-33, January 1992

Cervical fracture in ankylosing spondylitis: value of multidimensional imaging

  • Elliot K. Fishman
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    Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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  • Donna Magid
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    Address reprint requests to Donna Magid, MD, Department of Radiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205.
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    Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(92)90086-O
Cervical fracture in ankylosing spondylitis: value of multidimensional imaging
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      Abstract

      Ankylosing spondylitis creates a rigid spinal column that cannot easily accommodate to altered or increased forces. Fractures or fracture-subluxation may be seen following apparently trivial injury. Assessment of the lower cervical and cervicothoracic spine can be limited in the kyphotic, ankylosed spine. However, reformatted computed tomography (CT) data can be manipulated to provide true orthogonal (sagittal, coronal) planar images of the obliqued spine, and can be used to provide a three-dimensional overview of anatomy prior to treatment. One such case is presented.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(92)90086-O

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