Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis: the criteria approach

• Main Authors: M Y Volkov, M G Kantemirova, T V Brilkova, A A Glazyrina, P S Rogatkin, D Y Ovsyannikov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2015-12-01
• Series: RUDN Journal of Medicine
• Subjects: ювенильный анкилозирующий спондилит; ювенильный спондилоартрит; сакроилеит; диагностические критерии; мигрирующий болевой синдром
• Online Access: http://journals.rudn.ru/medicine/article/view/3158

Juvenile ankylosing spondylitis (UAC) is a chronic progressive disease characterized by nonspecific clinical picture at the onset and late spine involvement. The article presents a clinical case of UAC progressed with migratory pain syndrome after an upper respiratory tract infection, early-onset spine lesions and ineffective therapy by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patient of 11 years old. The criteria approach to the diagnosis of UAC is discussed.