RHUMETOID ARTHRITIS AND THE C SPINE

Question 1

What percentage of Rheumatoid arthritis patients also have RA in there C spine ?

Answer 1

90 percent.

Question 2

What are 3 main patterns of instability of Rheumatoid Spondylitis ?

Answer 2

1) Atlantoaxial subluxation.
2) Basilar invagination (upward displacement of vertebrae.)
3) Sub axial subluxation (Slippage of one vertebrae over another).