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A 72-year-old male presented with aortic aneurysm and mitral regurgitation as the first manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
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This case highlights that aortic aneurysm and mitral regurgitation can be the initial clinical manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
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May signal ankylosing spondylitis in unexplained aortic aneurysm or mitral regurgitation; hypothesis-generating and leaves screening implications open.
Ankylosing Spondilitis is a systemic inflammatory disease that involves the whole spine and sacroiliac joints. Cardiac manifestations include mitral regurgitation, aortic regurgitation, conduction abnormalities, atrial fibrillation, myocardial dysfunction and pericarditis. A 72 year-old male referring to our department because of dyspnea and mediastinal widening at chest radiography and having a diagnosis of aortic aneurysm and mitral regurgitation is presented as a case report.
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Demirdaş et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Ankylosing Spondylitis (n=1). Ankylosing Spondylitis was evaluated. A 72-year-old male presented with aortic aneurysm and mitral regurgitation as the first manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
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