Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Occurring Together- A Case Report

Authors

  • ABMS Alam Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • MA Hoque Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • MZ Haque Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College, Rajshahi.
  • ASMM Rahman Registrar, Department of Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi.
  • F Ahamed Assistant Registrar, Medicine, Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, Rajshahi.

Keywords:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Abstract

We report a case of middle aged man who presented with inflammatory low back pain with restriction of movement and enthesopathy. Later on the developed inflammatory pain affecting small and large joints of upper and lower limbs associated with morning stiffness with deformities. There is also positive family history. So, though the incidence is very rare the co-existence of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis in this case would be a possibility.

DOI: 10.3329/taj.v22i1.5040

TAJ 2009; 22(1): 144-146

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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Occurring Together- A Case Report. (2010). TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 22(1), 144-146. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i1.5040

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2009)

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Case Reports

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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Occurring Together- A Case Report. (2010). TAJ: Journal of Teachers Association, 22(1), 144-146. https://doi.org/10.3329/taj.v22i1.5040