spondylitis ankylopoietica

spondylitis /spon·dy·li·tis/ (spon″dĭ-li´tis) inflammation of vertebrae.

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spondylitis ankylopoie´tica , ankylosing spondylitis rheumatoid arthritis of the spine, affecting young persons predominantly, with pain and stiffness as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac, intervertebral, and costovertebral joints; it may progress to cause complete spinal and thoracic rigidity.

Kümmell's spondylitis  see under disease.

Marie-Strümpell spondylitis  ankylosing s.

spondylitis tuberculo´sa  tuberculosis of the spine.

spondylitis typho´sa  that following typhoid fever.

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spondylitis ankylopoietica.

See Strümpell-Marie disease.

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Patient discussion about spondylitis ankylopoietica.

Q. Is ankylosing spondylitis genetically inherited?

A. It is known today that ankylosing spondylitis (spondyloarthritis) has a very strong genetic connection. It is not a disease inhertited by a single gene that is dominant, but certainly there is genetic predisposition in families (and a more detailed information- about 90% of the patients express the HLA-B27 genotype).