title: [Inflammatory back pain].
abstract: Inflammatory back pain is more than just inflammatory pain, but a set of symptoms which presence must evoke a diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis. However, it is insufficient by itself for a diagnosis which can only be reach as part of a diagnostic strategy searching for other clinical, biological or radiological abnormalities in order to obtain adequate diagnostic probability, while acknowledging the limitations of all these examinations.
authors.affiliation: Service de rhumatologie, médecine physique et rééducation, Département de l'appareil locomoteur Hôpital orthopédique, Avenue Pierre-Decker 4, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. jean.dudler@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudler
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010808:Physical Examination; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology