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Case Reports
. 2020 May;61(5):283-284.
doi: 10.11622/smedj.2018080. Epub 2018 Jul 16.

An unusual presentation of ankylosing spondylitis

Dinesh Sirisena  1 , Yong-Yeow Chong  2 , Teck-Yew Chin  3
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Case Reports

An unusual presentation of ankylosing spondylitis

Dinesh Sirisena et al. Singapore Med J. 2020 May.
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(a) Coronal T2-W fat-suppressed MR image of the pelvis shows bilateral enthesitis with oedema in the greater trochanters, worse on the right (white arrows), with a small left hip joint effusion (black arrow). (b) Sagittal T2-W fat-suppressed MR image of the lumbar spine reveals early multilevel Romanus lesions (arrowheads).
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