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HLA B27 positive helicopter pilot with reactive arthritis responsive to sulfasalazine
B K Bohnker1, J J Jochum, A M Siefert
1Aviation Medicine Section, Branch Medical Clinic, NAF, Mayport, Florida.
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
An aviator with prolonged right sided low back pain is described. The diagnostic workup is presented leading to diagnosis of HLA B27 positive reactive sacroiliitis. Trial of sulfasalazine lead to resolution of his pain. The spondylarthropathies are briefly reviewed. Implications on his aeromedical status are discussed.