ArticleBMJ case reports2013
Andersson lesion in ankylosing spondylitis.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Surgical treatment of ankylosing spondylitis with Andersson lesion in the thoracic spine: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Ankylosing spondylitis complicated with andersson lesion in the lower cervical spine: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Spinal disorders mimicking infection.Insights into imaging · 2021Review
- Management of Andersson Lesion in Ankylosing Spondylitis Using the Posterior-Only Approach: A Case Series of 18 Patients.Asian spine journal · 2018Article
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Abstract
A middle-aged male patient developed acute back pain and a lumbar vertebral lesion following trivial physical trauma. The lesion was considered as tuberculous on vertebral x-rays and MRI. After biopsy of the lesion and spinal fixation, the patient was kept on empirical antituberculous treatment (ATT) to which he did not respond. On re-evaluation he was diagnosed to have an Andersson lesion in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). ATT was stopped and he was successfully managed by rest, steroids, methotrexate and sulfasalazine. A careful look at the patient's plain x-ray spine and awareness about the lesion can avoid misdiagnosis of this characteristic vertebral lesion found in AS.
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