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M Carrabba

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Muscle pathology in ankylosing spondylitis.

The results of histological, histochemical and electron microscopic study of the muscular involvement in eight patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) are described. Muscle tissue from all these patients showed gross abnormalities of the sacrospinalis muscle, which had a 'targetoid core' appearance common to several myopathic and neurological diseases. In our opinion, there is always constant and early involvement of this muscle in AS. Several factors associated with the disease (chronic inflammation, multiple enthesopathies, muscle stiffness and bone lesions) could be responsible for this not fully understood aspect of AS. They may lead to a non specific damage of the nervous and/or muscular components of the spine in these patients.

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Retroperitoneal fibrosis: unusual localization.

Six cases of retroperitoneal fibrosis, each with a different pathogenesis and unusual localization were observed from 1980 to 1996. Four patients had had previous surgery for a neoplasm, one patient had idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, and the last patient was hardly classifiable due to the complexity of the clinical pattern. The mean survival in 3 patients with malignant retroperitoneal fibrosis was 7 months. Two patients treated with medical therapy are still alive and in good clinical condition. The aspecificity of the symptoms makes early diagnosis difficult. CT and NMR are essential procedures for differential diagnosis of abdominal masses. Histology differentiates benign from malignant retroperitoneal fibrosis. The choice between medical or surgical therapy depends on the general condition of each patient.

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