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Ankylosing Spondylitis
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Ankylosing Spondylitis
[OCOSH Code: D013167 9631008 M45 BD_SD_SP_AS]
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Ankylosing Spondylitis eMedicine Radiology
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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 ServicesContents - Introduction Differentials Radiograph CT Scan MRI Nuclear Medicine Intervention Pictures Bibliography
Ankylosing spondylitis is a distinct disease entity characterized by inflammation of multiple...
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A Review of the Pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis Medscape
Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570733
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...
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ankylosing spondylitis
Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00540.html
ankylosing spondylitis # males (90%)
# a/w HLA B-27
# "squaring" of anterior vertebral surfaces ("shiny corners")
# bony fusion --> "bamboo spine"
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ankylosing spondylitis
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Radiology case 318-74 63 year old man with a long history of a chronic back condition for which, at some stage, he had received radiotherapy.
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Ankylosing Spondylitis and Undifferentiated Spondyloarthropathy eMedicine
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Last Updated: December 6, 2006 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,...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis eMedicine Neurology
Location: http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic15.htm
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;...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis eMedicine Orthopedics
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Authors: S Craig Humphreys, MD, Jason C Eck, DO, MS, Scott D Hodges, DOContents - Introduction Clinical Differentials Workup Treatment Medication Follow-up Miscellaneous Pictures Bibliography
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...
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Medscape
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Search for Medscape pages with Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Title
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient Information ACR
Location: http://www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/as.asp
Fact Sheet; Type "Ankylosing Spondylytis" [without quotes] in search box at this Web Site for additional information.
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Ankylosing Spondylitis Patient Information from DePuy
Location: http://www.allaboutbackandneckpain.com/html/spinesub.asp?id=18
Overview of this spinal arthritic condition includes anatomy (with diagrams), causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.
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Cervical Spine in Ankylosing Spondylitis Wheeless
Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/cervical_spine_in_ankylosing_spondylitis
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...
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fracture of cervical spine in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
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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...
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Orthopaedic Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis
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J Am Acad Orthop Surg, Vol 13, No 4, July/August 2005, 267-278. Full Text available to members. Abstract freeErik 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...
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in spondyloarthropathies
Location: http://ard.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/57/7/429
Ann Rheum Dis 1998;57:429-433 ( July ) Full textOssification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in three geographically and genetically different populations of ankylosing spondylitis and other spondyloarthropathies
CONCLUSIONSThe prevalence of OPLL in AS and SpA is higher than previously recognised and seems to be associated with variables identifying more severe axial disease.
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Spine in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Location: http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/spine_in_ankylosing_spondylitis
Wheeless' Textbook of OrthopaedicsClinical Findings:
- loss of lumbar lordosis;
- back motion is limited;
- note that ability to lean forward has more to do with hip flexion than lumbar spine flexion;
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