[Multiple erosive discopathies associated with ankylosing spondylitis (author's transl)].
The authors report a case of ankylosing spondylitis affecting a woman with low-back pains. Although initial X-rays did not show any lesions of the spine, one year later, radiographs prove the existence of multiple lesions mimicking spondylodiscitides and characterized by erosions diffusely involving end-plates of cervical, dorsal and lumbar vertebrae. Surgical biopsy at the lumbar site provides an histological evidence of non specific inflammatory lesions.
D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013168:Spondylolisthesis / Q000601:surgery; D013169:Spondylolysis / Q000209:etiology
Discopathies érosives mutifocales au cours d'une spondylarthrite ankylosante.