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1: Mov Disord. 2004 Aug;19(8):983-5.Click here to read Links

Fracture of the odontoid process complicating tardive dystonia.

Konrad C, Vollmer-Haase J, Gaubitz M, Nabavi DG, Reilmann R, Knecht S.

Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Muenster, Germany. konradc@uni-muenster.de

We report on a 57-year-old woman with frequent and powerful retrocollis. The involuntary movements combined with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis led to a fracture of the axial odontoid process. Neurologists with a focus on movement disorders should screen for diseases putting the patient at risk for spinal lesions and consider early treatment. Copyright 2004 Movement Disorder Society

PMID: 15300672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]