Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association
The overlap syndrome is frequently encountered in rheumatology, but the coexistence of Behçet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis is considered to be rare. We present a case of this interesting coexistence in a 49-year-old male with positivity for HLA-B51 and negativity for HLA-B27.
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| author | Amina Mounir Siham Driouach Salah El Khader Ali Zinebi Mohammed Karim Moudden |
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| description | The overlap syndrome is frequently encountered in rheumatology, but the coexistence of Behçet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis is considered to be rare. We present a case of this interesting coexistence in a 49-year-old male with positivity for HLA-B51 and negativity for HLA-B27. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-91cec951166d4760a77016387e701dfd2025-08-25T08:31:22ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Medical Specialities0976-28840976-28922019-07-0110315916110.4103/INJMS.INJMS_23_19Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare AssociationAmina MounirSiham DriouachSalah El KhaderAli ZinebiMohammed Karim MouddenThe overlap syndrome is frequently encountered in rheumatology, but the coexistence of Behçet's disease and ankylosing spondylitis is considered to be rare. We present a case of this interesting coexistence in a 49-year-old male with positivity for HLA-B51 and negativity for HLA-B27.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/INJMS.INJMS_23_19ankylosing spondylitisbehçet's diseasehla-b27hla-b51sacroiliitis |
| spellingShingle | Amina Mounir Siham Driouach Salah El Khader Ali Zinebi Mohammed Karim Moudden Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association Indian Journal of Medical Specialities ankylosing spondylitis behçet's disease hla-b27 hla-b51 sacroiliitis |
| title | Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association |
| title_full | Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association |
| title_fullStr | Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association |
| title_full_unstemmed | Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association |
| title_short | Behcet's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Rare Association |
| title_sort | behcet s disease and ankylosing spondylitis a rare association |
| topic | ankylosing spondylitis behçet's disease hla-b27 hla-b51 sacroiliitis |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/INJMS.INJMS_23_19 |
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