Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

Ankylosing spondylitis– An osteological study of Human Axial Skeleton

Dr. Sushant Swaroop Das, Dr. Neelam Vasudeva

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<p> Human Axial Skeleton has drawn much curiosity among researchers because of the evolution of erect posture. The verteal column plays an imperative role in stability and weight transmission. At the same time the verteal column is the site for many orthopedic disorders like Ossification of spinal ligaments, Ankylosing spondylitis, kyphosis, and scoliosis. The sacroiliac joint, the largest axial joint, has also gained its essence in various studies in relation to the revolutionary treating aspects in various degenerative diseases of the joint. The present case describes a rare human axial skeleton, showing ossification of various spinal ligaments, sacrospinous, sacrotuberous, transverse acetabular ligaments and ankylosis of sacroiliac joint. These ossified structures may hamper the movements of the verteal column, pelvic bone and may compress the neurovascular bundle passing in between these structures resulting in various painful conditions. Anatomical and radiological knowledge of ossification of the ligaments and joints of axial skeleton as found in this case may be helpful for clinicians, radiologists and orthopedic surgeons for differential diagnosis and can be implicated in the development of pioneering treatments of back and perineal pains.</p>

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Dr.Sushant Swaroop Das, Dr.Neelam Vasudeva Ankylosing spondylitis– a osteological study of Human Axial Skeleton International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 5, Issue : 3 March 2016

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