Seronegative spondyloarthritis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
"Seronegative" refers to the fact that these diseases are negative for Rheumatoid factor and CCP in the serum.
Classsiication
Algorithm showing classification of seronegative spondyloarthritis[1]
| Seronegative Spondyloarthritis (SpA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axial SpA including Ankylosing spondylitis | Peripheral SpA | Psoriatic arthritis | Reactive arthritis | Inflammatory bowel disease related arthritis | Juvenile spondyloarthritis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification Criteria
Differential
Diagnosis
These diseases has following conditions in common:
- They are in relation to HLA-B27
- sacroiliitis and spondylitis are present in them.
- familial aggregation occurs
- Overlap is likely in them
- rheumatoid factor is not present
References
- ↑ Dougados M, Baeten D (2011). "Spondyloarthritis". Lancet. 377 (9783): 2127–37. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60071-8. PMID 21684383.