Publikation

Abdominal pain in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis under treatment with infliximab

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.08.2009

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Cooper J, Flückiger B, Traichl B, Diener P, Otto P, von Kempis J. Abdominal pain in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis under treatment with infliximab. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases 2009; 15:244-6.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases 2009; 15
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.08.2009
eISSN (Online)
1536-7355
Seiten
244-6
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

In patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, silent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is frequent. Furthermore, spondylarthritis may be the first manifestation of IBD.We describe the case of a patient suffering from ankylosing spondylitis who presented with abdominal pain. The patient had been treated over 2(1/2) years with infliximab. Although the initial clinical presentation seemed to suggest new-onset IBD as the cause of the abdominal pain, it eventuated that the patient was suffering from a severe abdominal manifestation of tuberculosis likely due to reactivation of latent tuberculosis by the anti-TNF agent.