Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology (대한영상의학회지)

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Atlantoaxial Ankylosis Detected on Neck CT Scans in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case Report

경부 전산화단층촬영 사진에서 발견된 강직성척추염 환자의 환추축 관절강직: 증례 보고

  • Lee, Jeong-Ah (Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Hun (Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Joo, Kyung-Bin (Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Ryu, Jeong-Ah (Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hwan (Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul Hospital)
  • 이정아 (한양대학교 의과대학 서울병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 이승훈 (한양대학교 의과대학 서울병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 주경빈 (한양대학교 의과대학 서울병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 류정아 (한양대학교 의과대학 구리병원 영상의학과학교실) ;
  • 김태환 (한양대학교 의과대학 서울병원 류마티스내과학교실)
  • Published : 2011.07.01
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Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown cause that principally affects the axial skeleton. The cervical spine is also vulnerable to this disease process and the characteristic feature of cervical involvement is atlantoaxial subluxation. However, only a few cases of atlantoaxial ankylosis have been reported to date. We report a case of atlantoaxial ankylosis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis with radiologic findings incidentally detected on neck CT scans.

강직성척추염은 주로 축골격을 침범하는 원인 미상의 만성 염증성 질환이다. 경추 또한 침범될 수 있는 부위로 특징적인 소견은 환추축 아탈구이다. 그러나 환추축 관절강직의 예는 거의 보고된 바가 없다. 저자들은 경부 전산화단층촬영에서 우연히 발견된 강직성척추염 환자의 환추축 관절강직의 영상 소견을 증례 보고하고자 한다.

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