title: Association of ankylosing spondylitis with hairy cell leukemia: a previously once reported case.
abstract: We report a case of ankylosing spondylitis associated with hairy cell leukemia. This is the second observed case (I3) of ankylosing spondylitis with a B-type lymphoproliferative disorder which allows us to make some observations about the pathogenesis of these rare diseases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013156:Splenectomy; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging