Quadriparesis complicating atlantoaxial subluxation and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. A case report.
Shirado
Osamu
O
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Moroyama, Saitama 350-0495, Japan. oshirado@m4.dion.ne.jp
Azuma
Hirotaka
H
Takeda
Naoki
N
Minami
Akio
A
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