Cervical spine fracture in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Mody, G.M.; Charles, R.W.; Ranchod, H.A.; Rubin, D.L.

Journal of Rheumatology 15(1): 129-131

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0315-162X
PMID: 3258379
Document Number: 311183
The occurrence of spinal fractures in ankylosing spondylitis is well documented but fractures are uncommon in patients with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). We report a 58-year-old Black male with DISH who developed quadriplegia after fracture dislocation of the cervical spine.

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