Peritoneal Tuberculosis in a patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis using immunobiologicals - a rare case
Marília Simões Bianchini, Éviny Knupp da Silva, Filipe Marçal Pires, Geovane Henrique Gonçalves, Júlia Fontes Parizzi, Maria Vitória Moura Fajardo, Matheus Henrique Dinis Gomes dos Reis, Rachel Campos Ornelas, et al. (12 authors)
Anais do Congresso Brasileiro de Reumatologia 2020 · 2021-01
Abstract
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease that belongs to the spondyloarthritis group. It is characterized by axial skeletal involvement and its etiology is not well elucidated. The main symptom is the presence of inflammatory low back pain and prolonged morning stiffness in the axial skeleton. Treatment includes NSAID and immunobiological drugs in order to improve lumbar stiffness and prevent the progress of the disease.
MeSH terms
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Spondylitis