Kim Dong Hyun, Kim Seok Won, Lee Sung Myung
Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea.
Korean J Neurotrauma. 2020 Feb 12;16(1):105-109. doi: 10.13004/kjnt.2020.16.e1. eCollection 2020 Apr.
Ankylosing spondylitis is a seronegative arthropathy of unknown etiology affecting mainly young adults. Acute or chronic changes of the spine such as sacroiliitis, spondylodiscitis, osteitis, ossification, and arthropathic lesions characterize the disease. Spinal involvement may accompany ossification of the ligaments, disc, end-plates and apophyseal structures, and seems to be bamboo spine. Here, we report a rare case describing the complete fusion of three lumbar vertebral bodies in ankylosing spondylitis. This rare case is presented alongside a literature review.
强直性脊柱炎是一种病因不明的血清阴性关节病,主要影响年轻人。脊柱的急性或慢性变化,如骶髂关节炎、脊椎椎间盘炎、骨炎、骨化和关节病变是该疾病的特征。脊柱受累可能伴有韧带、椎间盘、终板和骨突结构的骨化,且似乎呈竹节样脊柱。在此,我们报告一例罕见病例,描述了强直性脊柱炎中三个腰椎椎体的完全融合。本罕见病例伴有文献综述一同呈现。