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“Bamboo Spine” in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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“Bamboo Spine” in Ankylosing Spondylitis

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  • Anklyosing Spondylitis
  • This lateral view of the cervical spine shows a rigid cervical spine in a patient with severe, long-standing ankylosing spondylitis. The spine is completely ankylosed (“bamboo spine”) due to syndesmophytes, fused facet (apophyseal) joints, and paraspinal ligamentous calcification.

    By permission of the publisher. From Asim Khan M: Atlas of Rheumatology. Edited by G Hunder. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 2005. Available at www.images.md.

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