Rheumatology

Ankylosing spondylitis

Questions discussed in this category

Would you transition a patient with axial spondyloarthritis to a biologic if their axial symptoms were controlled with an NSAID, but they also required a PPI to control dyspepsia/GERD caused by the NSAID?

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Do you utilize serial MRI imaging in patients with axial spondyloarthritis to ensure good disease control or do you rely on symptoms and physical exam to assess treatment response?

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Are there specific recreational activities or exercises you recommend patients with ankylosing spondylitis avoid?

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Are there any therapeutic options for cauda equina syndrome secondary to dural ectasia in end-stage ankylosing spondylitis?

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Do you image the spine in addition to the sacroiliac joints when you suspect axial spondyloarthritis?

Can axSpA affect the spine without affecting the sacroiliac joints?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of spinal disorders, 2001-10

Cauda equina syndrome in ankylosing spondylitis (the CES-AS syndrome): meta-analysis of outcomes after medical and surgical treatments.

Arthritis Rheum,

Dramatic efficacy of infliximab in cauda equina syndrome complicating ankylosing spondylitis.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Jan 22

Does spinal MRI add incremental diagnostic value to MRI of the sacroiliac joints alone in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis?

Ann Rheum Dis, 2012 May 14

Descriptions of spinal MRI lesions and definition of a positive MRI of the spine in axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI study group.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2015 Aug 18

Patients with chronic back pain of short duration from the SPACE cohort: which MRI structural lesions in the sacroiliac joints and inflammatory and structural lesions in the spine are most specific for axial spondyloarthritis?

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