Mediastinal hematoma secondary to syndesmophyte fracture in ankylosing spondylitis

Mediastinal hematoma secondary to syndesmophyte fracture in ankylosing spondylitis

Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatoid disease with severe osteoporosis affecting the spine with a tendency to fracture. Cervical spine fractures resulting in posterior mediastinal hematoma are rare. We present a patient with widened mediastinum secondary to fracture of a cervical anky...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trauma (London, England) England), 2018-07, Vol.20 (3), p.237-239
Hauptverfasser: Wasfie, Tarik, Kreitzberg, Scott, Rydesky, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Ankylosing spondylitis
Biocompatibility
Biomedical materials
Fractures
Hematoma
Market shares
Mediastinum
Osteoporosis
Sales forecasting
Spine
Spine (cervical)
Spondylitis
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Zusammenfassung:Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory rheumatoid disease with severe osteoporosis affecting the spine with a tendency to fracture. Cervical spine fractures resulting in posterior mediastinal hematoma are rare. We present a patient with widened mediastinum secondary to fracture of a cervical ankylosing spondylitis and discuss its presentation and the current literature on the disease.
ISSN:1460-4086
1477-0350
DOI:10.1177/1460408617694666