Name
SACROILIITIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
OTHER TESTS : * ESR , C- REACTIVE PROTEIN - RAISED * HLA B27 - POSITIVE IN 90% * BLOOD TEST - MILD NORMOCHROMIC , NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA * ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE LEVELS - HIGH IN SEVERE CASES * SERUM IGA - RAISED * X-RAY - BLURRING OF CORTICAL MARGINS OF SUBCHONDRAL BONE FOLOWED BYEROSION & SCLEROSIS. LATER ON JOINT BECOMES OBLITERATED. * CT SCAN OR MRI MAY DETECT EARLIEST CHANGES IN THE SACROILIAC JOINT.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
SERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, C-REACTIVE PROTEIN, SERUM IGA, X-RAY LUMBO-SACRAL SPINE A.P. & LAT. VIEW, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI, CT SCAN