A well-known complication in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the development of
localised vertebral or discovertebral lesions of the spine, which was first described by …

Abstract Objectives Knowledge of Candida spondylodiscitis is limited to case reports and
smaller case series. Controversy remains on the most effective diagnostical and …

A number of causes have been advanced to explain the destructive discovertebral
(Andersson) lesions that occur in ankylosing spondylitis, and various treatments have been …

A NKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS is a systemic disease, but the brunt of the disease is borne by
the spine. This report reviews the major spinal complications of ankylosing spondylitis, with …

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Objectives The optimal surgical procedure for treating kyphotic deformity with Andersson
lesions (ALs) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients is controversial. The one-stage …

Background Andersson lesion (AL) is not a rare complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS),
but it seldom occurs in single lumbosacral segments or young people. We present a case of …

Study objective Due to the rarity of the Andersson lesion (AL), the literature is ambiguous
regarding the type of surgical fixation, need for debridement and deformity correction. The …

The lack of specific clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings in patients with a disease as
potentially debilitating as infectious spondylitis is challenging. Biopsy will frequently need to …

Introduction A relatively rare and unknown entity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis is the
Andersson lesion (AL). It was first described by Andersson in 1937 as destructive vertebral …