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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2021

A 22-year-old man developed severe pain in the lower back, which radiates to heel bones, the inner surface of the thighs, there is a rise in temperature to 38.2°C. For three weeks he felt immobility in the spine, pain in the ileosacral joints. X-ray revealed: expansion of the slit of the ileosacral junction, sclerosis spinal ligaments. What disease should you think about?

Answer options

  1. Spinal canal hernia
  2. Intercostal neuralgia
  3. Cyst of the sacral spine
  4. Shingles
  5. Ankylosing spondylitis
Correct answer

Ankylosing spondylitis

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