Discovertebral (Andersson) lesions of the spine in ankylosing spondylitis revisited

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 883-892

  Bron, Johannes L ^a   De Vries, Mirjam K ^a   Snieders, Marieke N ^a   Horst Bruinsma, Irene E ^a   Royen, Barend J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Andersson lesion; Ankylosing spondylitis; Pseudarthrosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANDERSSON LESION; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTHROPATHY; BONE LESION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTER IMMOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67849124324     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-009-1151-x     Document Type: Review

References (58)

1. Von Bechterew W (1893) Steifigkeit der wirbelsäule und ihre Verkrümmung als besondere Erkrankungsform. Neurologisches Zentralblatt 12:426-434
2. McGonagle D, Lyn Tan A, Wakefield R, Emery P (2006) Imaging in ankylosing spondylitis. In: Van Royen BJ, Dijkmans B (eds) Ankylosing spondylitis - diagnosis and management. Taylor & Francis group, New york, pp 71-81
3. Andersson O (1937) Röntgenbilden vid spondylarthritis ankylopoetica. Nord Med Tidskr 14:2000-2002
4. Rasker JJ, Prevo RL, Lanting PJ (1996) Spondylodiscitis in ankylosing spondylitis, inflammation or trauma? A description of six cases. Scand J Rheumatol 25(1):52-57
5. Cawley MI, Chalmers TM, Kellgren JH, Ball J (1972) Destructive lesions of vertebral bodies in ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 31(5):345-358
6. Wu PC, Fang D, Ho EK, Leong JC (1988) The pathogenesis of extensive discovertebral destruction in ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Orthop 230:154-161
7. Langlois S, Cedoz JP, Lohse A, Toussirot E, Wendling D (2005) Aseptic discitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A retrospective study of 14 cases. Jt Bone Spine 72(3):248-253
8. Lentle BC, Russell AS, Percy JS, Jackson FI (1977) Scintigraphic findings in ankylosing spondylitis. J Nucl Med 18(6):524-528
9. Chan FL, Ho EK, Fang D, Hsu LC, Leong JC, Ngan H (1987) Spinal pseudarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Acta Radiol 28(4):383-388
10. Fang D, Leong JC, Ho EK, Chan FL, Chow SP (1988) Spinal pseudarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Clinicopathological correlation and the results of anterior spinal fusion. J Bone Joint Surg Br 70(3):443-447
11. Kabasakal Y, Garret SL, Calin A (1996) The epidemiology of spondylodiscitis in ankylosing spondylitis-a controlled study. Br J Rheumatol 35(7):660-663
12. Finkelstein JA, Chapman JR, Mirza S (1999) Occult vertebral fractures in ankylosing spondylitis. Spinal Cord 37(6):444-447
13. Kenny JB, Hughes PL, Whitehouse GH (1990) Discovertebral destruction in ankylosing spondylitis: The role of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Br J Radiol 63(750):448-455
14. Kurugoglu S, Mihmanli I, Kanberoglu K, Kanberoglu A (2001) Destructive diskovertebral lesions in ankylosing spondylitis: Appearance on magnetic resonance imaging. South Med J 94(8):837-841
15. Agarwal AK, Reidbord HE, Kraus DR, Eisenbeis CH Jr (1990) Variable histopathology of discovertebral lesion (spondylodiscitis) of ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 8(1):67-69
16. Arnold MH, Brooks PM, Ryan M, Francis H (1989) A destructive discovertebral lesion: Septic discitis, ankylosing spondylitis, or rheumatoid arthritis? Clin Rheumatol 8(2):277-281
17. Bourqui M, Gerster JC (1985) Ankylosing spondylitis presenting as spondylodiscitis. Clin Rheumatol 4(4):458-464
18. Lohr KM, Barthelemy CR, Schwab JP, Haasler GB (1987) Septic spondylodiscitis in ankylosing spondylitis. J Rheumatol 14(3):616-620
19. Wise CM, Irby WR (1983) Spondylodiscitis in ankylosing spondylitis: variable presentations. J Rheumatol 10(6):1004-1006
20. Adler CP (1985) Spondylitis-spondylodiscitis. Pathologico-anatomical morphology and diagnostic problems. Radiologe 25(7):291-298
21. Eschelman DJ, Beers GJ, Naimark A, Yablon I (1991) Pseudoarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis mimicking infectious diskitis: MR appearance. Am J Neuroradiol 12(6):1113-1114
22. Nikolaisen C, Nossent H (2005) Early histology in ankylosing spondylitis related spondylodiscitis supports its inflammatory origin. Scand J Rheumatol 34(5):396-398
23. Romanus R, Yden S (1952) Destructive and ossifying spondylitic changes in rheumatoid ankylosing spondylitis (pelvo-spondylitis ossificans). Acta Orthop Scand 22(2):88-99
24. Dihlmann W, Delling G (1978) Disco-vertebral destructive lesions (so-called Andersson lesions) associated with ankylosing spondylitis. Skeletal Radiol 3:10-16
25. Marsh CH (1985) Internal fixation for stress fractures of the ankylosed spine. J R Soc Med 78(5):377-379
26. Frank P, Gleeson JA (1975) Destructive vertebral lesions in ankylosing spondylitis. Br J Radiol 48(573):755-758
27. Calin A, Robertson D (1991) Spondylodiscitis and pseudarthrosis in a patient with enteropathic spondyloarthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis 50(2):117-119
28. Albert HB, Kjaer P, Jensen TS, Sorensen JS, Bendix T, Manniche C (2008) Modic changes, possible causes and relation to low back pain. Med Hypotheses 70(2):361-368
29. Hitchon PW, From AM, Brenton MD, Glaser JA, Torner JC (2002) Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine complicating ankylosing spondylitis. J Neurosurg Spine 97(2):218-222
30. Hunter T, Dubo HI (1983) Spinal fractures complicating ankylosing spondylitis. A long-term followup study. Arthritis Rheum 26(6):751-759
31. Mullaji AB, Upadhyay SS, Ho EK (1994) Bone mineral density in ankylosing spondylitis. DEXA comparison of control subjects with mild and advanced cases. J Bone Joint Surg Br 76(4):660-665
32. Olerud C, Frost A, Bring J (1996) Spinal fractures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Eur Spine J 5(1):51-55
33. Geusens P, Vosse D, van der Linden LS (2007) Osteoporosis and vertebral fractures in ankylosing spondylitis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 19(4):335-339
34. Cooper C, Carbone L, Michet CJ, Atkinson EJ, O'Fallon WM, Melton LJIII (1994) Fracture risk in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A population based study. J Rheumatol 21(10):1877-1882
35. Gelman MI, Umber JS (1978) Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine in ankylosing spondylitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 130(3):485-491
36. Thorngren KG, Liedberg E, Aspelin P (1981) Fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine in ankylosing spondylitis. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 98(2):101-107
37. Chance GQ (1948) Note on a type of flexion fracture of the spine. Br J Radiol 21:452-453
38. Mountney J, Murphy AJ, Fowler JL (2005) Lessons learned from cervical pseudoarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Eur Spine J 14(7):689-693
39. Shih TT, Chen PQ, Li YW, Hsu CY (2001) Spinal fractures and pseudoarthrosis complicating ankylosing spondylitis: MRI manifestation and clinical significance. J Comput Assist Tomogr 25(2):164-170
40. Mahesh BH, Jayaswal A, Bhan S (2008) Fracture dislocation of the spine after total hip arthroplasty in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis with early pseudoarthrosis. Spine J 8(3):529-533
41. Sakaura H, Hosono N, Mukai Y, Fujii R, Yoshikawa H (2006) Paraparesis due to exacerbation of preexisting spinal pseudoarthrosis following infliximab therapy for advanced ankylosing spondylitis. Spine J 6(3):325-329
42. Deburge A, Guigui P, Ouahes M, Barre E (1996) Cervical pseudarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. A case report. Spine 21(23):2801-2805
43. Bergmann EW (1949) Fractures of the ankylosed spine. J Bone Joint Surg 31A:669-671
44. Kewalramani LS, Taylor RG, Albrand OW (1975) Cervical spine injury in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. J Trauma 15(10):931-934
45. Chang KW, Tu MY, Huang HH, Chen HC, Chen YY, Lin CC (2006) Posterior correction and fixation without anterior fusion for pseudoarthrosis with kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis. Spine 31(13):E408-E413
46. Park WM, Spencer DG, McCall IW, Ward J, Buchanan WW, Stephens WH (1981) The detection of spinal pseudarthrosis in ankylosing spondylitis. Br J Radiol 54(642):467-472
47. Unsal E, Arici AM, Kavukcu S, Pirnar T (2002) Andersson lesion: spondylitis erosiva in adolescents. Two cases and review of the literature. Pediatr Radiol 32(3):183-187
48. Dunn N, Preston B, Jones KL (1985) Unexplained acute backache in longstanding ankylosing spondylitis. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 291(6509):1632-1634
49. Hunter T, Forster B, Dvorak M (1995) Ankylosed spines are prone to fracture. Can Fam Physician 41:1213-1216
50. Jobanputra P, Kirkham B, Duke O, Crockard A, Panayi GS (1988) Discovertebral destruction in ankylosing spondylitis complicated by spinal cord compression. Ann Rheum Dis 47(4):344-347
51. Chang KW, Chen YY, Lin CC, Hsu HL, Pai KC (2005) Closing wedge osteotomy versus opening wedge osteotomy in ankylosing spondylitis with thoracolumbar kyphotic deformity. Spine 30(14):1584-1593
52. Chan Ho EK, Chau EM (1988) Spinal pseudarthrosis complicating ankylosing spondylits: Comparison of CT and conventional tomography. Am J Roentgenol 150(3):611-614
53. Obradov M, Schonfeld DH, Franssen MJ, de Rooy DJ (2001) Andersson lesion in ankylosing spondylitis. JBR -BTR 84(2):71
54. Jevtic V (2001) Magnetic resonance imaging appearances of different discovertebral lesions. Eur Radiol 11(7):1123-1135
55. Ozgocmen S, Godekmerdan A, Ozkurt-Zengin F (2007) Acute-phase response, clinical measures and disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis. Joint Bone Spine 74(3):249-253
56. Shen FH, Samartzis D (2007) Successful nonoperative treatment of a three-column thoracic fracture in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: existence and clinical significance of the fourth column of the spine. Spine 32(15):E423-E427
57. Fox MW, Onofrio BM, Kilgore JE (1993) Neurological complications of ankylosing spondylitis. J Neurosurg 78(6):871-878
58. Van Royen BJ, Kastelijns RC, Noske DP, Oner FC, Smit TH (2006) Transpedicular wedge resection osteotomy for the treatment of a kyphotic Andersson lesion complicating ankylosing spondylitis. Eur Spine J 15(2):246-252