Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2006 , Vol 52 , Num 4

An Ankylosing Spondylitis Case with Atypical Peripheral Joint Involvement

Berrin Gündüz 1 ,Belgin Erhan 1 ,Salih Baran 2 ,Muzaffer Toklu 3
1 İstanbul Fiziksel Tedavi Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
2 S.B. 70. Yıl İstanbul Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi 1. Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, İstanbul
3 İstanbul 70. Yıl Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi 1. Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Kliniği, İstanbul

Due to their different clinical characteristics ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis are not involved in the differential diagnosis of the same patient; they are rarely seen together. Ankylosing spondylitis can present with different clinical features and peripheral joint involvement in women. In this report we present a patient with sacroiliac and vertebral involvement with symmetric peripheral joint involvement. We want to emphasize that in some rare cases the differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis can be difficult or they can be seen together. 

Keywords : Ankylosing spondylitis, atypical peripheral involvement