Presentation
Fell and hit his head.
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Cervical spine fracture - ankylosing spondylitis
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Syndesmophytes, ankylosed cervical facet joints, and ankylosis of many of the uncovertebral joints.
Case Discussion
Known, long-standing diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis. Fell from standing height and bumped his head, thereby causing an extension injury to the neck. Instead of just a disruption of the anterior longitudinal ligament in a normal neck, if that, this manifested in the patient's rigid spine as a pathological fracture through the ankyloses between two cervical vertebrae, i.e. the path of least resistance.