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834953

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-3-31
pubmed:abstractText
In three cases of rheumatic spondylitis, fracture across the disc of an ankylosed spinal segment (C5-C6, D7-D8, and D12-L1 respectively) resulted in rapid development of a discopathy with destruction of the adjacent vertebral bodies. In one of these cases, surgical exposure of the focus permitted anatomical study of the lesion; the changes that had developed after the fracture were inflammatory in appearance, which at first suggested infection by non-specific micro-organisms, an assumption that was rapidly abandoned. This misleading histological appearance largely explains why these destructive discopathies in spondylitis have long been regarded as a consequence of the rheumatic process itself. A review is presented of the arguments which suggest that they have, in fact, a mechanical pathogenesis, often determined by a fracture. From this it may be concluded that the treatment of choice is temporary immobilization in moderate cases and surgery with transplantation in complicated or unstable cases.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0035-2659
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
[Discopathies after fractures and destructive vertebral lesions during rheumatismal pelvispondylitis].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports