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Spondyloartritidy: Aktuální pohled na diagnostiku a klasifikaci

Title in English Spondyloarthritides: Current perspective on diagnosis and classification
Authors

PROCHÁZKOVÁ Leona NĚMEC Petr SOUČEK Miroslav

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Vnitřní lékařství
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Other specializations of internal medicine
Keywords ASAS criteria; Entezitis; Extra-articular manifestation; MRI; Sacroiliitis; Spondyloarthritides
Description Spondyloarthritides (SpA) are a heterogeneous group of chronic inflammatory diseases with common clinical features and genetic basis. They primarily affect the axial skeleton, especially the sacroiliac joint, other localizations of the affection being peripheral joints and entheses - typical of the group of spondyloarthritides. On the basis of the predominant affection of the axial or peripheral skeleton, they can be divided, according to the current classification criteria, into axial SpA and peripheral SpA. Apart from axial and peripheral articular manifestations, many patients also display extra-articular manifestations, which can thus become an important diagnostic clue and also the first symptom of the disease. The most frequent of them are anterior uveitis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and psoriasis. Also the strong binding of spondyloarthritides to the positivity of HLA B27 antigen or a family history of the disease is important information which helps in the diagnosis. Comorbidities, the most common and important of which are cardiovascular diseases or osteoporosis and its consequences in the form of fractures, are an integral part of the issue of spondyloarthritides.

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