background: spondyloarthropathies are a group of closely related inflammatory arthritis which involve the axial skeleton and are negative for rheumatoid factor. objective: this case-control study was conducted to examine hla- b27 positivity in patients with seronegative spondyloarthritis (ssa) as per essg criteria and compare the frequency with healthy controls because a lower positivity is rep...

Acute neutrophilic dermatosis, also referred to as Sweet's syndrome according to the first description in 1964, occurs not only as an isolated phenomenon but also in the context of neoplastic and inflammatory diseases, occasionally including arthritides. Recently Sweet's syndrome has been reported in a small number of patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease, mostly in advanced stages o...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of uveitis in patients with recent inflammatory back pain (IBP) suggestive of spondylarthritis (SpA), and to investigate the impact of uveitis on the overall features of these patients. METHODS The Devenir des Spondylarthropathies Indifférenciées Récentes (DESIR; Outcome of Recent Undifferentiated Spondylarthropathies) cohort is a prospective multicenter ...

Psoriatic arthritis (PSA) is an entity of inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis. PSA belongs to the heterogeneous group of seronegative spondylarthropathies. Both peripheral joints and axial skeleton can be affected in a characteristic pattern. In addition to that, enthesitis and dactylitis are important extracutaneous manifestations. Uveitis anterior is temporarily seen in about...

HLA-B27 status in AS patients. For testing the diagnostic values of these specific 28 kDa Drosophila antigen cross-reacting antibodies, only sera from AS patients with a definite diagnosis according to the modified New York criteria were included. As data concerning the diagnostic usefulness of this established ELISA based on the 28 kDa antigen were sparse [5, 6], we intended to perform the stu...