ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS-EXTRA ARTICULAR MANIFESTATIONS
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SUMMARY
1. Systemic effects: fatigue, weight loss, low-grade fever.
2. Acute iritis/iridocyclitis: most common extraskeletal manifestation of AS.
3. Pain, photophobia, blurred vision.
4. Cardiac: aortitis leading to fibrosis; conduction defects.
5. Apical pulmonary fibrosis: may experience dyspnea and cough.
6. Amyloidosis.
7. Neurologic: cauda equina syndrome; C1 to C2 subluxation.
Reference(s)
Wilkinson, I. (2017). Oxford handbook of clinical medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hannaman, R. A., Bullock, L., Hatchell, C. A., & Yoffe, M. (2016). Internal medicine review core curriculum, 2017-2018. CO Springs, CO: MedStudy.
Therapeutic Guidelines. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited. https://www.tg.org.au [Accessed 2021].
