Spontaneous Chalk-Stick Fracture in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory disease affecting mainly the sacroiliac joints and the spine. In long-standing disease, the fused spine of AS patients is susceptible to spinal fractures, even after low impact trauma. We present a 61-year-old man with long-standing AS who presented wit...

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Autores principales: Katsimpari, Chaido, Koutsoviti, Sofia, Mpalanika, Alexia, Kalavri, Eleni, Theotikos, Evangelos, Fanouriakis, Antonis, Elezoglou, Antonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology (MJR) 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9727473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36531425
http://dx.doi.org/10.31138/mjr.33.3.346
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Sumario:Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory disease affecting mainly the sacroiliac joints and the spine. In long-standing disease, the fused spine of AS patients is susceptible to spinal fractures, even after low impact trauma. We present a 61-year-old man with long-standing AS who presented with anterior and posterior longitudinal ligament rupture and T12 and L1 vertebral endplates fractures (a so called “chalk-stick fracture”) without reporting any prior trauma and discuss relevant issues.

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