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Concept
Fibrous ankylosis
Résumé
Fibrous ankylosis (also known as false ankylosis) is a condition that affects fibrous connective tissue causing a limited range of movement.
Most causes occurs due to physical trauma. Other cases can be attributed to the contraction of diseases such as tubercular arthritis, (arthritis developed after contracting tuberculosis), or septic arthritis. Surgery, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, immobilization are also cases of this condition. Fibrous ankylosis was thought to be a precursor progress into bony ankylosis in which osseous bone tissue fusing the affected joint causing a greater reduction of mobility.
The symptoms of fibrous ankylosis include:
Limited Motion of the affected Joint
Joint stiffness
Joint pain
For those who have contracted this condition via a viral disease such as tuberculosis, or a disease such as arthritis, inflammation is also reported.
Fibrous ankylosis can occur in the jawbone, limbs, and any other joints. Depending on which joint is affected, serious complications can occur.
For example, there is ankylosis spondylitis which is ankylosis that affects the spine. It can lead to the development of enthesitis, which is inflammation of the entheses (the site in which tendons/ligaments are inserted into bone). A severe case can lead the patient to become paralyzed. In addition, complications due to the inflammation, can lead to problems with cardiovascular (heart), pulmonary (lung), or even neurological (brain) health. Some of the secondary conditions are reported include aortitis (inflammation of the aortic wall (heart wall)) and breathing dysfunction.
There is also temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis, a rare condition in which the condyle of the mandible (jawbone) and the maniable fossa of the temporal bone fuses together. This condition can occur bilateral (on both sides of the body) and unilateral (one side of the body). The patient will have reduced ability to eat, speak properly, and maintain proper dental hygiene furthering causing starvation and malnutrition.
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