Question

A 30-year-year-old man has chronic lower back pain for 3+ months, improves with exercise but not with rest, no relief with NSAIDs, and HLA-B27 positive. Likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Ankylosing spondylitis

Answer

Mechanical back pain

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Scoliosis

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Rheumatoid arthritis of the spine

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Osteoarthritis of the spine

Practice question

A 30-year-year-old man has chronic lower back pain for 3+ months, improves with exercise but not with rest, no relief with NSAIDs, and HLA-B27 positive. Likely diagnosis?