Fig. 2
From: Spinal cord injury and spinal fracture in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Demonstration of a patient in group 3 (both spinal fracture and cord injury). A 52-year-old man with AS presented to the hospital after a high-energy trauma, with neurological deficit (ASIA Grade A). CT showed a Type B3 fracture (A) and the fracture involving C5–6 and left facet (B). cervical MRI showed severe cord compression with cord edema (C.D). The patient underwent reduction, internal fixation and decompression immediately