Case report of ankylosing spondylitis

male patient with atypical onset stiffness

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Ankylosing spondylitis, HLA-B 27, Spinal stiffness

Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis is a spondyloarthropathy characterized by chronic and indolent inflammation of the axial skeleton.2,3 In cases of severe disease, it can lead to fusion and stiffening of the spine. In AD, the spinal nerves are affected, generating pain and also bone calcification that exceeds the intervertebral discs, thus creating a bone bridge causing what is known as a bamboo column.4 Rheumatic pathology is of unknown origin, occurs more frequently in young men and is strongly associated with the HLA-B 27 genetic marker.3 Treatment must be done through physical activities, physiotherapy and also with drugs, such as anti-inflammatories and biological remedies. special for rheumatic disease. 2,3 This case study shows how a 24-year-old Brazilian patient, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was diagnosed at 17 years of age with ankylosing spondylitis, his vertebral calcifications started in reverse than usual, his symptoms and treatments, as well as the etiology of monogenetic disease that may or may not manifest with the presence of antigen.

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2023-01-13

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Da Paz Pereira F, Viera Rodríguez S, D’arc Costa Belfort J, Da Silva Saldanha S, Gomes Targino de Souza R, Melo de Almeida Londe G. Case report of ankylosing spondylitis: male patient with atypical onset stiffness. UNIDA Sld. [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 13 [cited 2026 Nov. 9];2(1):25-33. Available from: https://revistacientifica.unida.edu.py/publicaciones/index.php/unidasld/article/view/142