| tuberculous spondylitis | Tuberculous infection of the spine associated with a sharp angulation of the spine at the point of disease. Synonym: Pott's disease, spondylarthrocace, spondylocace, trachelocyrtosis, trachelokyphosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ankylosing spondylitis | <rheumatology> A polyarthritis involving the spine, which is characterised by progressive, painful stiffening of the joints and ligaments. It almost exclusively affects young men. Interestingly the disease seems to be associated with HLA B27, those with this histocompatability antigen are 300 times more likely to get the disease, 90% of sufferers have HLA B27 (18 Nov 1997) |
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| arthritis, spondylitis | A form of arthritis causing chronic inflammation of the spine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatoid spondylitis | <rheumatology> A polyarthritis involving the spine, which is characterised by progressive, painful stiffening of the joints and ligaments. It almost exclusively affects young men. Interestingly the disease seems to be associated with HLA B27, those with this histocompatability antigen are 300 times more likely to get the disease, 90% of sufferers have HLA B27 (18 Nov 1997) |
| spondylitis | <pathology> Inflammation of the vertebrae. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spondylitis, ankylosing | The form of rheumatoid arthritis affecting the spine. It occurs predominantly in young males and produces pain and stiffness as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac, intervertebral, and costovertebral joints. Aetiology is unknown. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spondylitis deformans | Arthritis and osteitis deformans involving the spinal column; marked by nodular deposits at the edges of the intervertebral disks with ossification of the ligaments and bony ankylosis of the intervertebral articulations, it results in a rounded kyphosis with rigidity. Synonym: Bechterew's disease, poker back, Strumpell's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kummell's spondylitis | Late posttraumatic collapse of a vertebral body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Assmann's tuberculous infiltrate | An incipient lesion of tuberculous infection. Synonym: Assmann's tuberculous infiltrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericarditis, tuberculous | Infection of the pericardium with tubercle bacilli. This condition arises by contiguous extension of tuberculous lesions of the hilar or mediastinal lymph nodes or by pleuropulmonary tuberculosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| empyema, tuberculous | Empyema due to mycobacterium tuberculosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculous | Relating to or affected by tuberculosis. Compare: tubercular. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous abscess | An abscess caused by the tubercle bacillus. Synonym: cold abscess. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous bronchopneumonia | An acute form of pulmonary tuberculosis characterised by widespread patchy consolidations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous enteritis | Enteric tuberculosis that may occur in the absence of obvious pulmonary t.; may be caused by bovine tuberculosis contracted through drinking of unpasteurised milk or swallowing of tubercle bacilli expectorated from cavitary lesions in the lung. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculous lymphadenitis | Lymphadenitis resulting from infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuberculosis of the lymph nodes. Synonym: tuberculosis lymphadenitis. (05 Mar 2000) |