RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH VERTICAL ATLANTO-AXIAL SUBLUXATION COMPLICATED BY HYDROCEPHALUS
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 56-58
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/26.1.56
Abstract
The present report describes a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and vertical atlanto-axial subluxation who developed hydrocephalus with high intraventricular pressure and neuropsychiatric abnormalities. The vertical atlanto-axial subluxation and hydrocephalus were visualized by magnetic resonance imaging, which clearly demonstrated the basilar impression by the dens and ventricular enlargement. The patient recovered completely after ventriculo-cardial drainage.Keywords
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