title: Quadriparesis complicating atlantoaxial subluxation and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. A case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama, Saitama 350-0495, Japan. oshirado@m4.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shirado
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017887:Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed