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Case Reports
. 1977 Dec;36(6):524-31.
doi: 10.1136/ard.36.6.524.

Rheumatoid involvement of the lumbar spine

H Sims-Williams, M I Jayson, H Baddeley
Case Reports

Rheumatoid involvement of the lumbar spine

H Sims-Williams et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 1977 Dec.

Abstract

On stereoscopic examination of the lumbar spines of 6 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and spinal disease we found typical rheumatoid erosions in the apophyseal joints. 2 also had severe asymmetrical disc destruction with associated involvement of the vertebral bodies and scoliosis. In one of these patients who developed Staphyloccocus aureus septicaemia, infection was localized in this part of the lumbar spine.

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