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Seven cases of traumatic paraplegia and tetraplegia in ankylosing spondylitis are reported and their radiological and neurological symptomatology described in detail Three types of ankylosing spondylitis were found:
(1) bamboo type;
(2) railway line type;
(3) mixed bamboo and railway line type.
The type of fractures and dislocations found was one in extension and its mechanism is discussed. Only in one case the extension fracture-dislocation was combined with lateral dislocation.
Trifling accidents may lead to severe spinal cord involvement, and the discrepancy between vertebral cord damage is stressed.
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Guttmann, L. Traumatic paraplegia and tetraplegia in ankylosing spondylitis. Spinal Cord 4, 188–203 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1966.24
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