[Non-infective inflammations of the vertebral spine]

Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb. 2007 Jan-Feb;145(1):R1-19; quiz R20-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-965035.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Non-infective inflammations of the vertebral spine can be caused by seronegative spondylarthropathies or rheumatoid arthritis, respectively. Seronegative spondylarthropathies include ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel diseases and undifferentiated arthritis. This review discusses etiology and pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis and differential diagnoses of these chronic inflammatory diseases with a special focus on vertebral involvement.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / epidemiology
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / etiology
  • Arthritis, Reactive / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Reactive / epidemiology
  • Arthritis, Reactive / etiology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • HLA-B27 Antigen / analysis
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / diagnosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / epidemiology
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / etiology
  • Sacroiliac Joint / pathology
  • Spinal Osteophytosis / diagnosis
  • Spinal Osteophytosis / epidemiology
  • Spinal Osteophytosis / etiology
  • Spine / pathology
  • Spondylarthropathies / diagnosis
  • Spondylarthropathies / epidemiology
  • Spondylarthropathies / etiology*
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnosis
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / epidemiology
  • Spondylitis, Ankylosing / etiology

Substances

  • HLA-B27 Antigen