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Query: UNIPROT:P01889 (ankylosing spondylitis)
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CAT scan of the costovertebral joints has been performed in 17 patients with ankylosing spondylitis, all suffering from lower thoracic pain. Fourteen of them (82%) showed abnormal findings, including erosions and sclerosis, more pronounced in the vertebral side of the joint, and joint widening. Bony proliferation arising from the vertebral side in the anterior margin of the joint was also seen. One patient showed at the D12 level anterior bony bridges, similar to the vertebral syndesmophytes. Fusion was noted in five patients (including the three with longest disease duration) and represents the end result of the inflammatory process. These changes provide an anatomical basis for the understanding of the thoracic pain in AS patients.
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PMID:Costovertebral joint changes in ankylosing spondylitis with thoracic pain. 159 5

The authors report a case of ankylosing spondylitis complicated by a cauda equina syndrome presenting with a plantar perforating ulcer and lesions of neuropathic arthropathy of the foot. On the basis of an analysis of 54 cases published in the literature they review the principal aspects of this complication of ankylosing spondylitis. Neurological manifestations occur late after several decades of progression of the disease. Urinary sphincter problems are common whilst trophic disturbances remain rare. Myelography and, above all, lumbar CAT scan reveal characteristic and stereotyped anatomical lesions: widening of the dural sac in its posterior part with meningoceles eroding the posterior vertebral arch. The pathogenic mechanisms are unknown. The authors suggest that lesions may start with posterior epidural inflammation rather than a primary process of arachnoiditis as has been mentioned in earlier publications.
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PMID:[Cauda equina syndrome with plantar perforating ulcer and neurogenic osteoarthropathies in a case of rheumatismal pelvospondylitis]. 300 21