title: Isolated pleural and pericardial effusion in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic seronegative spondyloarthritis with the major histocompatibility antigen HLA B27. Pulmonary involvement in AS is rare and is usually in the form of upper lobe fibrocavitary disease. Herein, we present a case with recurrent pleural and pericardial effusion without apical fibrobullous disease who responded to prednisolone treatment well. It is believed that this is the first case report complicating AS without parenchymal involvement in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Deparment of Pulmonary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Erkan
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uzun
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Findik
authors.forename: Atilla G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Atici
authors.forename: Sevket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkaya
mesh_terms: D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone