Does the co-existence of acute anterior uveitis and chronic back pain prompt primary care physicians to consider a diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis?

Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Apr;75(4):e18. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208983. Epub 2016 Jan 20.

Authors

Alexander Maxwell¹, Max Yates², Paul Everden³, Karl Gaffney¹

Affiliations

¹ Rheumatology Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
² Rheumatology Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, Norfolk, UK Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
³ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk, UK Birchwood Medical Practice, North Walsham, UK.

PMID: 26792813
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208983

No abstract available

Keywords: Ankylosing Spondylitis; Low Back Pain; Spondyloarthritis.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Back Pain / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Referral and Consultation*
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnosis*
Uveitis, Anterior / complications*