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Synonyms and related keywords: ankylosing spondylitis, undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, Marie-Strümpell disease, von Bechterew disease, von Bechterew's disease, spondyloarthropathies, SpAs, AS, rheumatoid spondylitis, USpA, peripheral enthesitis, sacroiliitis, Schober test, cauda equina syndrome, dactylitis, European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group criteria, Amor criteria, New York criteria, Rome criteria,...

J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 13, No 4, July/August 2005, 267-278. Full Text available to members. Abstract free
Erik N. Kubiak, MD, Ronald Moskovich, MD, Thomas J. Errico, MD and Paul E. Di Cesare, MD
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology that affects an estimated 350,000 persons in...

Author: Wilfred CG Peh, MBBS, MHSM, MD, FRCPE, FRCPG, FRCR, Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore; Senior Consultant Radiologist, Programme Office, Singapore Health Services
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Ankylosing spondylitis is a distinct disease entity characterized by inflammation of multiple...

Conclusion Pyogenic spondylitis is an extremely rare complication after kyphoplasty. When these patients develop recurrent back pain postoperatively, the diagnosis of pyogenic spondylitis must be considered.
Primary pyogenic spondylitis following kyphoplasty: a case report Markus D Schofer , Stefan Lakemeier , Christian D Peterlein , Thomas J Heyse and Markus Quante Journal...

A 32-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a refractory ulcer in her back. She had a history of myelomeningocele with spina bifida that was treated surgically at birth. The ulcer was located at the apex of the kyphosis. An X-ray film revealed a kyphosis of 154 between L1...

Background Orthopaedic surgeons frequently encounter patients with ankylosing spondylitis who would benefit from various types of lower limb operations; however, some of these patients present challenges for anesthesiologists.
Case Description We report the case of a 65-year-old patient with a fractured femoral component 30 years after a cemented THA. The patient had severe...

The diffuse paraspinal ossification and inflammatory osteitis of advanced Ankylosing spondylitis creates a fused, brittle spine that is susceptible to fracture. The aim of this study is to present the surgical experience of spinal fractures occurring in patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis and to highlight the difficulties that exist as...

A 32-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a refractory ulcer on her back. She had a history of myelomeningocele with spina bifida that was treated surgically at birth. The ulcer was located at the apex of the kyphosis. An X-ray film revealed a kyphosis of 154° between L1...

A patient with thirty years history of ankylosing spondylitis sustained a head and neck injury after a fall.He was transmitted to the emergency department .His GCS was 15 with no findings in neurological examination.He had x-rays of the head and neck which considered normal and the patient discharged from the...

Disussion:

- patients with ankylosing spondylitis are prone to C-spine fracture following minor trauma;
- acute neck pain in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis is usually caused by a fracture through the ankylosed spine;
- site of involvement...

Synonyms and related keywords: ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strümpell arthritis, Bechterew disease, spondyloarthritis, spondyloarthropathy, chronic inflammatory conditions, AS, inflammation of the joints, inflammation of the tendons, inflammation of the ligaments, iritis, uveitis, aortitis, pulmonary fibrosis, amyloidosis, inflammatory bowel disease
Author: Alan Schaffert, MD, Past Chief of Staff, Doctor's Medical Center of Modesto;...

Biomarkers may provide information that promotes understanding of prognosis, disease activity, and pathogenesis in ankylosing spondylitis. Biomarkers reflecting disease activity (metallo- proteinase-3) and inflammatory lesions on magnetic resonance imaging predict new bone formation and are ameliorated by anti- tumor necrosis factor therapy, yet this treatment may not prevent new bone...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic seronegative spondyloarthropathy which primarily involves the axial skeleton (e.g. sacroiliitis and spondylitis). The aetiology is unknown but involves the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The diagnosis is made by combining clinical criteria of inflammatory back pain and enthesitis (inflammation at the site of bone...

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Glossary of terms associated with spondylitis (arthrits of the spine)

This study examines prospectively the randomised, long-term, clinical and radiological results of the treatment of spondylitis patients by ventro-dorsal or ventral spine fusion. Group 1 consisted of 12 patients who (after ventral removal of the focus of infection and autologous bone grafting) were treated by dorsal instrumentation. Group 2 consisted...

Authors: S Craig Humphreys, MD, Jason C Eck, DO, MS, Scott D Hodges, DO
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Synonyms and related keywords: AS, Marie-Strumpell disease, von Bechterew disease, rheumatoid spondylitis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, reactive arthritis, psoriasis, juvenile chronic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, Crohn's...

In ankylosing spondylitis, the joints and ligaments that normally let the back move become inflamed. This produces pain and stiffness.

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory rheumatic disease involving primarily the sacroiliac joints and the axial skeleton. The main clinical features are back pain and progressive stiffness of the spine. Oligoarthritis of the hips and shoulders, enthesopathy, and anterior uveitis are common, and involvement of the heart and...

Current treatment of ankylosing spondylitis such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-blockers have shown a good efficacy on sign and symptoms. However, it is less clear whether and how structural damage, determined mainly by new bone formation, can be prevented. Recent progress of the research addressing this...

ankylosing spondylitis

# males (90%)
# a/w HLA B-27
# "squaring" of anterior vertebral surfaces ("shiny corners")
# bony fusion --> "bamboo spine"

Pott disease, also known as tuberculous spondylitis, is one of the oldest demonstrated diseases of humankind, having been documented in spinal remains from the Iron Age and in ancient mummies from Egypt and Peru. In 1779, Percivall Pott, for whom Pott disease is named, presented the classic description of spinal...

Article by LeClair, Ortiz & Zoarski
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Synonyms and related keywords: spondylodiscitis, infective spondylitis, infectious spondylitis, vertebral osteomyelitis with discitis, IS, intravenous drug abuse, IVDA

Vertebral fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine are usually associated with major trauma and can cause spinal cord damage that results in neural deficits. Each vertebral region has unique anatomical and functional features that result in specific injuries. This article reviews the mechanisms and management of individual injuries in...

TB spondylitis
* TB is most common infection of pediatric spine
* paraspinal abscess
* +/- calcification
DDx:
* nontuberculous spondylitis
* primary or metastatic neoplasm (rarely only at 1 level)
* histiocytosis (usually --> collapse {vert plana})