Sunday 16 November 2014

Syndesmophyte

Syndesmophyte 

Bilateral ,symmetrical,thin intervertebral connections noted in ankylosing spondylitis.Represent ossification of the outermost lamellae of annulus fibrosis.

Syndesmophytes noted at multiple levels produce BAMBOO SPINE.






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