ANKYLOSING

SPONDYLITIS

SUBMITTED BY : NOOPUR KODITHOTTATHIL

ROLL NO. : 0 9

CLASS : XII B

SUBMITTED TO : Ms. ANSHU SHORE

 AKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep sense of gratitude to all those
people without whom this project could have never been completed.

I would like to thank my Principal Ms. Suprabha Menon, the Section Incharge Ms.
Bindu Mathews and the school for providing all the necessary facilities required to do
this project.

I am highly indebted to my Biology teachers Ms. Anshu Shore and Ms. Sumedha
Arya for their invaluable guidance which has sustained my efforts in all the stages of
this project.

My thanks and appreciation also go the laboratory assistant Kanti Bhai in developing
the project.

I would also like to thank my parents for their continuous support and encouragement.
 INDEX

1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………….1
i) CAUSES………………………………………………………...2

ii) SYMPTOMS……………………………………………………3
(a) Extra Articular Manifestations…………………………...4
(b) Pathological Features………………………………….….5

iii) DIAGNOSIS…………………………………………………….6
(a) Diagnostic Tests…………………………………….…….7
(b) X-Rays………………………………………………….…8

iv) TREATMENT………………………………………….………..9
(a) Drugs……………………………………………………....9
(b) Physical Therapy………………………………………..…11
(c) Surgery…………………………………………………....11

2. CASE STUDY 1…………………………………………………...12

3. CASE STUDY 2…………………………………………………...13

4. DISCUSSION……………………………………………………....14
i. CASE STUDY 1…………………………………………….14

ii. CASE STUDY 2………………………………………….....14

5. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………...15

6. LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………….16

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY……………………………………………….……17