As previously stated, patients with ankylosed spine are prone to spinal fracture, and delay in diagnosis often occurs because of the difficulty of initial diagnosis. Westerveld et al. reported ...

Spinal fracture in an ankylosed spine is also difficult to treat. We recently treated a case of thoracic spine fracture in a patient with Parkinson's disease complicating a severely ankylosed spine.

The proximal interphalangeal joints of the 4th and 5th fingers of both hands showed complete limitation of movement and appeared ankylosed, as did the proximal interphalangeal joints of the 2nd ...