Ch 3 - Rheumatology: Spondyloarthropathies Flashcards
What are types of Juvenile spondyloarthropathies?
- Juvenile AS
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Arthritis of Inflammatory bowel disease/Enteropathic arthropathy
How do seronegative enthesopathy and athropathy (SEA syndrome) present?
– RF (−)
– ANA (−)
– Enthesitis/arthritis/ arthralgia
– May have uveitis (painful and acute)
How does inflammatory arthritis present?
- Inc WBC and ESR
- Acute painful onset
- Erythema, warmth, and tenderness
What are types of inflammatory arthritis?
- CTD—SLE, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, PSS, RA
- Crystal—gout and pseudogout
- Infectious
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
What are types of noninflammatory arthritis?
- OA, AVN
- Traumatic
- Joint tumors
- Hemophilia
- Metabolic: hemochromatosis, alkaptonuria, rheumatic fever, Wilson’s disease
What diseases are HLA-B27 positive?
- AS
- Reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome)
- Psoriatic arthritis—HLA Cw6
- Enteropathic arthropathy
- Pauciarticular JRA
What is Ankylosing spondylitis?
Chronic, inflammatory rheumatic disorder of the axial skeleton affecting the sacroiliac joint and the spine
What is the hallmark finding of Ankylosing spondylitis?
Bilateral sacroiliitis
Who is affected by Ankylosing spondylitis?
- Males»_space; females
* More common in whites
What is the onset of Ankylosing spondylitis?
Late adolescent and early adulthood
What are the skeletal sites of involvement in Ankylosing spondylitis?
- SI joint
- Lumbar vertebrae
- Thoracic vertebrae
- Cervical vertebrae
What is the clinical presentation of Ankylosing spondylitis?
• Insidious onset, back pain, or tenderness in the bilateral SI joints
– Initially asymmetric then bilateral
• Sx for least 3 mo
• Lumbar morning stiffness that improves with exercise
• Dec lumbar lordosis and inc thoracic kyphosis
Which patients will develop cervical ankylosis?
Develops in 75% of the patients who have AS for 16 years or longer
What is the MC site of fracture in Ankylosing spondylitis?
Lumbar or lower cervical spine
What is enthesitis?
Inflammatory process occurring at the tendon insertion site onto bone
Where does enthesitis occur in AS?
Ischial tuberosity
Greater trochanter
ASIS
Iliac crests
Which joints are MC involved in juvenile AS?
Hip
Shoulder
What pulmonary condition can develop in AS?
Restrictive lung disease l/t dec chest expansion and diaphragmatic breathing
What is the MC extraskeletal manifestion of AS?
Acute iritis/iridocyclitis
What are extraskeletal manifestions of AS?
Fever/fatigue/wt loss Aortitis l/t fibrosis Conduction defects Apical plumonary fibrosis Amyloidosis Cauda equina syndrome C1 to C2 subluxation
What are lab findings in AS?
- HLA-B27 (+) in 90%
- RF (–) and ANA (–)
- Elevated ESR and CRP
- Normochromic normocytic anemia
Describe SI joint narrowing on radiographs in AS.
Symmetric
Erosions and sclerosis may lead to fusion
Describe pseudo-widening of the joint space on radiographs in AS.
– Subchondral bone resorption (blurring of joint line)
– Erosion sclerosis
– Calcification leading to ankylosis
What causes bamboo spine?
Ossification of the spinal ligaments, syndesmophyte formation, and ankylosis of the facet joints lead to complete fusion
Describe the appearance of syndesmophyte formation
Squaring of lumbar vertebrae’s anterior concavity
What causes syndesmophyte formation?
Ossification of the outer annulus fibrosis at the dorsolumbar and lumbosacral area and reactive bone sclerosis
Describe bone density in AS.
Associated osteopenia/ osteoporosis (bone washout)
What is Schober’s test used to detect?
Limitation of forward flexion and hyperextension of the lumbar spine