Coexistence of Ankylosing Spondylitis, Metabolic Syndrome and Gout Disease

Ankylosing Spondylitis, Metabolic Syndrome, and Gout

Abstract

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and gout are inflammatory diseases causing arthritis. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized with insulin resistance accompanied by systemic disorders such as abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance or diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension and coronary artery disease. Although there are a few studies reporting the coexistence of AS and gout as well as AS and MetS, there is no report regarding the coexistence of AS, acute gout arthritis and MetS in the literature. Here we present a case with all these disorders in together. In conclusion, it is aimed to call attention to physicans about metabolic abnormalities including gout and MetS which might be potential deleterious conditions occuring in the clinical course or management of AS.