Ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis.
Ankylosing Spondylitis can be associated with extra-articular involvement. Besides internal and ocular complications, neurological manifestations such as single root lesions, compression of the myelum or the cauda equina syndrome have also been described. We present a patient with ankylosing spondylitis who developed a monophasic myelopathy resembling multiple sclerosis. Literature data show no conclusive evidence for an increased association of ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis. However, a monophasic myelopathy may be a separate neurological manifestation associated with ankylosing spondylitis.
Libbrecht
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Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, België.
De Bleecker
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications*