A 30-year-old woman presents with low back pain and stiffness that improves with exercise and worsens with rest. She has reduced lumbar flexion and sa...

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A 30-year-old woman presents with low back pain and stiffness that improves with exercise and worsens with rest. She has reduced lumbar flexion and sacroiliac tenderness. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Ankylosing spondylitis

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Mechanical low back pain

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Osteoarthritis

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Vertebral fracture

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Metastatic spinal cancer

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Ankylosing spondylitis

A 30-year-old woman presents with low back pain and stiffness that improves with exercise and worsens with rest. She has reduced lumbar flexion and sacroiliac tenderness. What is the most likely diagnosis?