Ankylosing spondylitis with unusual spinal deformity: a case report

Taylor, P.W.

Journal of Rheumatology 7(6): 919-922

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X
PMID: 7205834
Document Number: 167265
A 26-yr-old male with ankylosing spondylitis with a fixed lumbar kyphosis is described. The presumed cause of this deformity was the assumption of a posture of spinal flexion from prolonged bicycle riding during a period of active inflammation in the lumbar apophyseal joints.

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