Unraveling the Bamboo Spine

Explore a medical case featuring the classic ‘bamboo spine’ on an X-ray. What diagnosis is indicated by syndesmophytes and ligament Calcification?

Ankylosing spondylitis


What is the diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Ankylosing spondylitis
Castleman disease
Metastatic prostate cancer
Osteopetrosis
Primary hyperparathyroidism

Ankylosing spondylitis, Back Pain, Bamboo spine, HLA-B27, Rheumatology

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