Behçet‘s Syndrome coexisting with clinically occult ankylosing spondylitis

• DOI: 10.1007/s00393-002-0319-4
• Publication Date: 2003-02-12T22:47:05Z
• Authors: Özlem Bölgen Çimen; Günşah Şahin; Ali Biçer; Canan Erdoğan
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Lumbar Vertebrae; Behcet Syndrome; Sacroiliac Joint; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Cervical Vertebrae; Humans; Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

The case of a 36-year old man with Behçet's disease (BS) for 16 years had low back pain and stiffness in the cervical and lumbar spine. He was diagnosed as having ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In this report we wish to emphasize the clinically occult co-existence of AS in BS and revelation of AS after a long time of BS diagnose.