Open AccessUnusually Large Extent of Pagetic Vertebral Ankylosis in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Author(s) -
Iness Tirraf,
Pierre-Antoine Poncelet
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the belgian society of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2514-8281
DOI - 10.5334/jbsr.2542
Subject(s) - ankylosing spondylitis , medicine , ankylosis , spondylitis , radiology , orthodontics , surgery
Teaching point: When the joints between bones are ankylosed, such as in ankylosing spondylitis, Paget’s disease can involve multiple contiguous bones leading to pagetic vertebral ankylosis.