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Thoracic high resolution computed tomography in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and without respiratory symptoms
  1. A El Maghraoui1,
  2. S Chaouir2,
  3. A Bezza1,
  4. F Tabache1,
  5. A Abouzahir1,
  6. D Ghafir1,
  7. V Ohayon1,
  8. M I Archane1
  1. 1Internal Medicine Department, Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
  2. 2Radiology Department, Military Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor A El Maghraoui;
    a_elmaghraoui{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.62.2.185

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    The incidence of pleuropulmonary disease in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) varies from 0 to 30% in the medical literature.1–4 The most frequently recognised manifestations are upper lobe fibrosis, mycetoma formation, and pleural thickening. The advent of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) made it possible to examine the entire lung parenchyma and pleura in many conditions with diffuse lung disease by a non-invasive method.

    Consecutive patients with a diagnosis of AS according to the modified New York criteria5 who attend our department during one year were included in the study. All patients had a prospective rheumatological assessment conducted by two rheumatologists (AEM and AB) using a structured questionnaire, a pulmonary function testing measurement, posteroanterior chest radiography; on the same day an HRCT of the thorax was performed using …

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