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Also known as spondyloarthritis, spondylarthropathy, spondylarthropathies, spondarthropathy, spondylarthrosis

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), also known as spondyloarthropathy, is a collection of syndromes connected by genetic predisposition and clinical symptoms. The best-known subtypes are enteropathic arthritis (EA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and reactive arthritis (ReA). Symptoms of spondyloarthritis include back pain, arthritis, and enthesitis, inflammation at bone-adhering ligaments, tendons, or joint capsules.

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Spondyloarthropathy
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Bone scintigraphy made with 99mTc demonstrating the highly enhanced tumor borders and the right elbow affected by psoriatic arthritis.

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Encyclopedic overview

19 sections
Contents
  • Signs and symptoms
  • Causes
  • Risk factors
  • Triggers
  • Genetics
  • Mechanism
  • Diagnosis
  • Classification
  • Axial spondyloarthritis
  • Peripheral spondyloarthritis
  • Treatment
  • Outlook
  • Epidemiology
  • History
  • Fossil record
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Spondyloarthritis (SpA), also known as spondyloarthropathy, is a collection of syndromes connected by genetic predisposition and clinical symptoms. The best-known subtypes are enteropathic arthritis (EA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and reactive arthritis (ReA). Symptoms of spondyloarthritis include back pain, arthritis, and enthesitis, inflammation at bone-adhering ligaments, tendons, or joint capsules.

Spondyloarthritis is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. It is associated with intestinal inflammation, with a connection between Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis. Reactive arthritis is primarily caused by gastrointestinal, genitourinary, respiratory infections, and genetic factors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “spondyloarthropathy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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