Coexistence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ankylosing spondylitis: a case report.
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ankylosing spondylitis are two diseases which are listed in the differential diagnosis of each other. There have been limited numbers of case reports regarding the coexistence of both diseases in the literature. We describe a patient who demonstrated the features of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with coexisting features resembling ankylosing spondylitis in order to discuss the association of the two diseases.
Cukurova University School of Medicine, 01330 Balcalí, Adana, Turkey. ekozanoglu@yahoo.com
Erkan
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Kozanoglu
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Guzel
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Guler-Uysal
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K
Goncu
D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed