Frequency of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Frequency of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of inflammatory back pain and associated ankylosing spondylitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Results Sacroiliitis was found in 22% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. The frequency of rheumatoid arthritis patients who fulfill...

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Main Authors: N.M.M. Osman, F. I. Mohamed, A. A. Hassan, S. R. Kamel, S. S. Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Subjects:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Inflammatory back pain
Sacroiliitis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-019-0019-6
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Summary:Abstract Background The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of inflammatory back pain and associated ankylosing spondylitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Results Sacroiliitis was found in 22% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. The frequency of rheumatoid arthritis patients who fulfilled classification criteria for spondyloarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis was 58%, in whom HLA-B27 was positive in 21 patients (35.2%) and was correlated with MRI sacroiliitis. Twenty pecent of rheumatoid arthritis patients had ankylosing spondylitis (56%) and 27% had axial spondyloarthritis. Conclusion Frequencies of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients were high.
ISSN:2090-4762

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