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There were 111 patients (8.9%) with a bamboo spine. Out of the 5060 patients, 1246 had eligible radiographs. Data of patients with a bamboo spine (Group 1) was compared to data derived from patients with a longstanding disease of at least 15 years but no syndesmophytes (Group 2). Radiographs were assessed using the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiologic Index (BASRI). To analyse the clinical and laboratory factors associated with bamboo spine.ĭata of patients fulfilling the 2009 ASAS classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis, registered in the national, multicentre, longitudinal, and observational database of TReasure was analysed.

17 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey.

16 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey.

15 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ministry of Health Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.

14 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.

13 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.

12 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey.

11 University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey.

10 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.

9 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.

8 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Koc University, İstanbul, Turkey.

7 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

6 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.

5 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Hatay, Turkey.

4 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.

3 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.

2 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.

1 Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Hatay, Turkey.

Is important because of the high mortality rate. Early diagnosis for possible intervention These atypical unstable fractures occur because of the loss of

The outcomeįractures of the spine are rare in patients with ankylosing spondylitisĪnd diagnosis should be considered following even minor trauma.

Spinal traction was performed followed by anterior decompressionĪnd stabilization via an anterolateral cervical approach. Level (so called carrot-stick fracture) causing a luxation of theĬervical spine with significant compromise in canal space (A Vertebral fusion (so called bamboo spine) with transversal fracture Ligament, calcification of the intervertebral discs and complete Severe neck pain on mobilization without any neurological deficits.ĭelayed cervical computed tomography scan showed ossification of Radiographs of cervical spine were initially misinterpreted. Ī 59-year-old man with a history of chronic ankylosing spondylitisįor many years, developed neck pain and left cervico-brachial neuralgiaįollowing a road traffic accident sustained one week before. Fracture of the bamboo spine (chronic ankylosing spondylitis) after cervical injury.

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Ĭite this article: Ali Akhaddar et al. Keywords: Bamboo spine, chronic ankylosing spondylitis, cervical injury

Original article | Volume 17, Article 113, | 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.113.3888 Fracture of the bamboo spine (chronic ankylosing spondylitis) after cervical injury Ali Akhaddar, Mohcine SalamiĬorresponding author: Ali Akhaddar, Department of Neurosurgery, Avicenne Military Hospital, Marrakech, Morocco