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Description	Radiopaedia case ID: 76835 Image ID: 52497946 Image stack position: 122/145 Plane projection: Axial Aux modality: bone window Study description: Cervical spine Modality: CT System: Spine Findings: Patient with known ankylosing spondylitis resulting in extensive bridging syndesmophytes and facet ankylosis of the cervical and visualized thoracic spine. There is a transverse fracture through the superior aspect of the C4 vertebral body. The fracture is parallel to and extends through the superior vertebral end plate and also through the posterior elements with involvement of the left lamina of C4 and C5 and the distal tip of the C3 spinous process. There is also a fracture of ossified right ligamentum flavum at the level of C3-C4, which is minimally displaced into the spinal canal, with also extension to the base of the C4 spinous process. Associated mild central canal stenosis is noted. There is minimal anterior widening of the fracture through the C4 vertebral body. No traumatic spondylolisthesis.
Date	Published: 5th May 2020
Source	https://radiopaedia.org/cases/cervical-spine-fracture-ankylosing-spondylitis
Author	Sarah AlJahdali
Permission (Permission-reusing-text)	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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