Vertebral hyperostosis, ankylosed vertebral fracture and atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation in an elderly patient with a history of infantile idiopathic scoliosis; a case report

Ali Al Kaissi; Elisabeth Zwettler; Katharina M Roetzer; Joerg Haller; Franz Varga; Klaus Klaushofer; Franz Grill

doi:10.1186/1752-1947-1-25

Vertebral hyperostosis, ankylosed vertebral fracture and atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation in an elderly patient with a history of infantile idiopathic scoliosis; a case report

J Med Case Rep. 2007 Jun 6:1:25. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-1-25.

Authors

Ali Al Kaissi¹, Elisabeth Zwettler, Katharina M Roetzer, Joerg Haller, Franz Varga, Klaus Klaushofer, Franz Grill

Affiliation

¹ Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria. [email protected].

Abstract

This is a case report of a 48-year-old-woman with scoliosis since early childhood. Recent radiographic spinal assessment revealed the presence of distinctive spinal abnormalities. To the best of our knowledge this is the first clinical report describing a constellation of unusual changes in an elderly woman with a history of infantile idiopathic scoliosis.