Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies - Darrow Flashcards
seronegative spondyloarthropathies
M > F
<40yo
spine and SI joints
HLA-B27 positive**
non-vertebral sx of spondyloarthropathies
enthesopathy
sausage digits
pustular psoriasis
etc.
HLA-B27
class I MHC - CD8 cells
often high in diseases
-but not absolutely necessary
10% of ankylosing spondylitis are HLA-B27 negative
diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy
often needs sarcoilitis
-low back pain - worse in morning gets better over day
Th17
tissue inflammation
ankylosing spondylitis clinical**
bamboo spine - lateral** SI inflammation kyphosis fatigue ocular inflammation reduced rib expansion weight loss AA subluxation pulmonary fibrosis - upper lobe aortic insufficiency
associations with ankylosing spondylitis
upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis
aortic insufficiency
schober test
for AS
when flex spine - should increase distance between points
MRI of AS
edema at enthesitis sites
before you get sclerosis
andersson lesion
simulate diskitis
-in AS
syndesmophytes
bamboo spine of AS
shiny corner sign
reactive sclerosis in AS
anterior and thick syndesmophytes**
more in DISH - diffuse interosseous skeletal hyperostosis
AS - lateral - bamboo spine
complications of AS
upper lobe pulmonary fibrosis
aortic regurgitation
bilateral sarcoilitis
AS
unilateral sarcoilitis, rash, sausage digits, pencil in cup
with psoriatic arthritis
most common pattern in psoriatic arthritis
type 1 - oligoarthritis
worst pattern in psoriatic arthritis
type 5 - opera glass
arthritis mutilans
gives pencil in cup
young male, hell pain achilles insertion, pain knees, hips, low back
month ago - clear penile discharge
reactive arthritis
not usual - death