title: [Non-infective inflammations of the vertebral spine].
abstract: Non-infective inflammations of the vertebral spine can be caused by seronegative spondylarthropathies or rheumatoid arthritis, respectively. Seronegative spondylarthropathies include ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel diseases and undifferentiated arthritis. This review discusses etiology and pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and differential diagnoses of these chronic inflammatory diseases with a special focus on vertebral involvement.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädie und Osteologie, Rhein-Sieg-Klinik, Nümbrecht, Germany. kpeters@rhein-sieg-klinik.dbkg.de
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000473:pathology; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen