Chalk stick fracture - ankylosing spondylitis
Diagnosis certain
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Known case of ankylosing spondylitis with history of falling.Attends the emergency department.
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- Trauma
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In lumbar and pelvic frontal views, ankylosis of bilateral Sisacroiliac joints is seen.
Interspinous ligament calcification is seen as 'dagger' spine associated with 'bamboo spine' is depicted.
All findings are secondary to ankylosing spondylitis.
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Beside typical findings of ankylosing spondylitis e.g. calcification of interspinouseinterspinous ligaments,shiny, shiny corner sign, syndesmophytic ankylosis and andersonand Anderson lesion,patient, patient suffer from chalk stick fracture(arrow) after falling, a type of fracture that occurs in fused spine.
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