title: Ankylosing spondylitis associated with vitiligo: a case report.
abstract: Abstract Vitiligo is a very common disease and is suspected to be autoimmune in its pathogenesis. Many autoimmune complications, such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, are reportedly associated with vitiligo. The pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is also suspected to be autoimmune, triggered by some infection. We report a 56-year-old man with concurrent vitiligo and AS, and suggest that both diseases could have a common autoimmune background.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Immunology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Sapporo City General Hospital , Kita 11, Nishi 13, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8604 , Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Notoya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya