8. Spine Degenerative Change Flashcards
1
Q
“Flowing Syndesmophytes’
A
Ankylosing Spondylitis
2
Q
Diffuse Paravertebral Ossifications
A
DISH
3
Q
A
DISH
Ossification of anterior longitudinal ligament
4
Q
A
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Bamboo Spine
5
Q
A
Psoriatic arthtritis
Ossification of Annulus Fibrosis
6
Q
Focal Lateral Paravertebral Ossification
A
Psoriatic arthtritis
7
Q
Erosions of the Dens
A
CPPD and RA famously do this.
8
Q
Fusion of the cervical spine
A
Either congenital (Klippel- Feil)
or
Juvenile RA.
9
Q
Bad Kyphosis
A
NFl
10
Q
OFLL (Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament)
A
A key point is that it’s bad news in the cervical spine (where it is most common)
11
Q
Destructive Spondyloarthropathy
A
on renal dialysis (for at least 2 years), and it most commonly affects the C-spine
Amyloid deposition is supposedly why it happens.
