A young woman presented with an aortic arch syndrome a few years after the onset of ankylosing spondylitis. Tissue typing showed HLA-B27. The possibility of an association between ankylosing spondylitis and Takayasu's arteritis is suggested.

The histological features of the synovial membrane of peripheral joints in ankylosing spondylitis are similar to those seen in rheumatoid arthritis. There is intimal cell hyperplasia, a diffuse lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltrate, and formation of lymphoid follicles. Peroxidase-antiperoxidase staining shows the presence of IgG-, IgA-, and IgM-containing plasma cells in ankylosing spondylitis....

A cauda equina syndrome in association with ankylosing spondylitis is well recorded. We report the occurrence of an upper limb radiculopathy which progressed to a cauda equina syndrome in association with ankylosing spondylitis.

A previously healthy 46-year-old male presented to the emergency department with the sole complaint of lower back pain after being struck by a car while walking. Physical examination revealed the patient to be hemodynamicaly stable and in moderate distress secondary to back pain. Maintaining spinal precautions, the patient was log-rolled and found to have midline lumbar spine tenderness with a ...

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis versus Ankylosing Spondylitis: Brief Case Review D idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is an idiopathic form of degenerative arthritis. It is usually characterized by exuberant bony growth along the anterior longitudinal ligament and typically affects males over 60 years of age. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, previously known as Forestier’s disea...

BACKGROUND Rheumatic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may be associated with sexual dysfunction. AIM To study erectile function of a group of Brazilian AS patients comparing them with controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross sectional study approved by the local Committee of Ethics in Research. The questionnaire IIEF (International Index of Erectile Function) was applied...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost of illness of three musculoskeletal conditions in relation to general wellbeing. METHODS Patients with fibromyalgia, chronic low back pain (CLBP), and ankylosing spondylitis who were referred to a specialist and participated in three randomised trials completed a cost diary for the duration of the study, comprising direct medical and non-medical resource utilisat...

OBJECTIVES To explore the effects of serum from patients with ankylosing spondylitis on the canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway and to assess whether the serum has an osteogenic effect in MG63 cells. METHODS MG63 cells were cultured with serum from 45 ankylosing spondylitis patients, 30 healthy controls, or 45 rheumatoid arthritis patients. The relative PPARD, fra-1, MMP7, OPG and RANKL mRNA leve...

the aim of this study was to assess the role of hla-b*27 and it’s subtypes in determining severity and clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis (as). a total of 163 as patients were assessed for clinical manifestations and severity using structured questionnaires. hla-b*27 screening and b*27 sub-typing were performed by pcr. one hundred twenty two patients (74.8%) were b*27 positive. t...

conclusions: in this study, delay in diagnosis was similar to other studies. educating physicians to careful history taking especially in the case of ibp, non-musculoskeletal symptoms such as uveitis and precise physical examination are important in early diagnosis. patients and methods: sixty patients, (53 males, 7 females) with a diagnosis of as according to the modified new york criteria wer...