Presentation
Low back pain
Patient Data
Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Ankylosing spondylitis
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The examined spine shows features of ankylosing spondylitis as follows:
shiny corner sign: irregularity and erosion involving the anterior edges of the vertebral endplates with high T2 signal
Anderson lesions: disc-related signal intensity abnormalities of both vertebral halves of a discovertebral unit; they appear hyperintense on T2 images and hypointense on T1-weighted images
multi-level bilateral apophyseal joint arthritis
upper axial images of the sacroiliac joints demonstrate total fusion
Case Discussion
The case demonstrates spinal manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
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