Ankylosing spondylitis in a patient with Turner syndrome: a case report

Armagan O., Ekim A., Dinc A., Oner C.

RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, vol.27, no.12, pp.1177-1180, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 12
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00296-007-0355-0
  • Journal Name: RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1177-1180
  • Keywords: turner syndrome, Ankylosing spondylitis, thyroiditis, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, HASHIMOTOS-THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNITY, DISEASE, ASSOCIATION, FREQUENCY, CHILDREN, GIRLS, HLA
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Turner's syndrome ( TS) is a chromosomal disorder where phenotypic females have either a missing chromosome ( 45 X0) or a structural aberration of one of the chromosomes. It is possible for TS to accompany such autoimmune diseases as thyroid diseases, inflammatory intestinal diseases, diabetes mellitus, psoriatic arthritis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Herein, we present an unusual case with Ankylosing spondylitis ( AS) and autoimmune thyroiditis associated with TS. We suggest that the possibility that TS patients may also develop such other diseases as AS apart from the already known accompanying autoimmune diseases should not be ruled out when monitoring TS patients.