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Clinical profile of ankylosing spondylitis patients in Togo
- Source :
- Egyptian Rheumatologist, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- Aim of the work To determine the clinical characteristics of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in rheumatology wards in Togo. Patients and methods: The medical records of AS patients in four rheumatology wards in Togo were recorded from January 2000 to December 2019. Results: The study included 37 AS cases out of 35,304 rheumatic diseases patients’ files that were investigated over the preceding 20 years; accounting for 0.1% of hospital cases. Male predominance was noticed with a M:F ratio of 4.3. The mean age at disease onset was 29.6 ± 10.3 years and the mean duration of the symptoms was 9.5 ± 9.2 years. The clinical findings were dominated by spinal pain (91.9%). The main peripheral joints involvements were knees (48.6%) and ankles (35.1%) and the most frequent extra-articular features were ocular with conjunctivitis (13.5%) and uveitis (8.1%) respectively. Plain radiographs of the spine revealed syndesmophytes (45.9%) with bony ankylosis and bamboo spine (21.6%); and that of the pelvis showed sacroiliitis in 89.2%. The human leucocytic antigen (HLA B27) was positive in four cases. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and sulfasalazine were the most commonly used drugs, respectively in 89.2% and 67.6% of patients. One patient was receiving biologic therapy. Conclusion: Ankylosing spondylitis is relatively rare in Togo. There is no particularity in the clinical features or imaging and laboratory findings. The diagnostic delay reflects the importance of the plain radiograph structural changes. NSAIDs and disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are the cornerstone of the treatment due to their accessibility in Togo.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Ankylosing spondylitis
HLA-B27
business.industry
Medical record
Sacroiliitis
RC581-607
medicine.disease
Radiographic
Rheumatology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Sulfasalazine
Togo
Internal medicine
parasitic diseases
medicine
Immunologic diseases. Allergy
business
HLA B27
Pelvis
Uveitis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 11101164
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Egyptian Rheumatologist
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5d3c94af42daaf2ede4e3b5be38d504f