Objectives.–To determine whether patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and discitis
exhibit specific characteristics as compared to patients who have AS without discitis …

Spondylodiscitis is well recognized in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but little is known about
its epidemiology. We therefore reviewed 147 consecutive patients with AS using lumbar and …

A patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) for 10 years suddenly developed localized
midback pain after minimal activity. Although he sought immediate medical assistance …

SUMMARY INTRODUCTION: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an idiopathic seronegative
spondyloartropathy that involves mainly the axial skeleton and the sacroiliac joints. AS …

It is unclear whether the destructive lesions of the vertebral bodies in the spondylodiscitis of
ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are related to mechanical stress or inflammation. We describe …

Ankylosing spondylitis presenting as spondylodiscitis Page 1 458-464 Clinical
rheumatology, 1985, 4, N~ Case Report Ankylosing spondylitis presenting as …

Background and purpose Spondylodiscitis may be a serious disease due to diagnostic
delay and inadequate treatment. There is no consensus on when and how to operate. We …

Purpose We aimed to describe the clinical and laboratory features as well as diagnostic
difficulties in the case series of spondylodiscitis. Materials/methods We retrospectively …

Inflammatory disorders of the spine usually develop in the medullary space of the vertebral
bodies, and this clinical picture is identified as spondylitis. If the inflammation involves the …

Extensive discovertebral lesion is an infrequent complication of long-standing ankylosing
spondylitis. Reported histopathological descriptions vary from predominantly inflammatory to …