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The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of inflammatory back pain and associated ankylosing spondylitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Results: Sacroiliitis was found in 22% of rheumatoid arthritis patients. The frequency of rheumatoid arthritis patients who fulfilled classification criteria for spondyloarthritis or ankylosing spondylitis was 58%, in whom HLA-B27 was positive in 21 patients (35.2%) and was correlated with MRI sacroiliitis. Twenty pecent of rheumatoid arthritis patients had ankylosing spondylitis (56%) and 27% had axial spondyloarthritis.
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However, RA patients often also present with back pain, but the frequency of symptoms of the thoracolumbar spine is rarely studied. An increased prevalence of low back pain (LBP) was associated with human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) in RA patients
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Frequencies of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients were high.
Professor shereen refaat kamel
Minia University
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This page is a summary of: Frequency of inflammatory back pain and sacroiliitis in Egyptian patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s43055-019-0019-6.
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