Abstract
Rheumatoid involvement of the cervical spine is considered relatively frequent, but there are relatively few references in the literature about the involvement of the thoracic and lumbar spine in the course of rheumatoid arthritis. Radiological Study of the lumbar spine in 68 patients with rheumatoid arthritis showed that:1. Osteoporosis was seen in 47 patients (69.1%) and compression fractures in 18 patients (26.5%).2. Osteoporosis and compression fractures were frequent in the RA patient who was older than 60-year-old female and more than Class 2 in Stage III and IV.3. Incomplete paralysis occurred in 4 cases of compression fractures and one of them seemed related to rheumatoid involvement.
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