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Severe headache complicated by vertical atlantoaxial subluxation in diffuse systemic sclerosis with crowned dens pattern calcification.

Department of Rheumatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Rheumatology International (impact factor: 1.88). 12/2010; 31(9):1247-50. DOI:10.1007/s00296-010-1703-z pp.1247-50
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ABSTRACT We report a 34-year-old female case of diffuse systemic sclerosis (SSc) with generalized ectopic calcification, who developed severe headache with vertical atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) complicated by calcification around the odontoid process (crowned dens pattern calcification). Although a rare complication, AAS should be considered as a differential diagnosis of severe headache in SSc patients with extensive calcification.

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Keywords

34-year-old female case
 
calcification
 
crowned dens pattern calcification
 
diffuse systemic sclerosis
 
extensive calcification
 
generalized ectopic calcification
 
rare complication
 
SSc
 
SSc patients
 
vertical atlantoaxial subluxation
 

Aki Shoji