TY - JOUR T1 - Ankylosing spondylitis: Pulmonary manifestations JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 40 IS - Suppl 56 SP - P586 AU - Fatmanur Karakose AU - Aylin Rezvani AU - Muhammet Emin Akkoyunlu AU - Mehmet Bayram AU - Hatice Kutbay Özçelik AU - Murat Sezer AU - Levent Kart Y1 - 2012/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P586.abstract N2 - In present study we aimed to assess the spirometric and pulmonary radiological findings of the patients with ankylosing spondylitis Methods;35 outpatientswith ankylosing spondylitis were evaluated in terms of demographic characteristics, smoking status, tuberculosis history, respiratory symptoms, HLA B27 status, activity of illness.X ray, HRCT, spirometry,body plethismography and DLCO tests were evaluated.Results;The characteristics of all the subjects are shown in Table 1.View this table:The characteristics of all the subjectsChest X ray was normal at 24 patients (% 68,6) and abnormal at 8 (%22.9) patients. The HRCT findings of all the subjects are shown in Table 2.View this table:Table 2 : HRCT findingsLung Volumes were normal at 20 (%57,1) patients, abnormal at 3 (%8,6) patients. DLCO were normal at 16 (%45,7) patients, abnormal at 10 (%28,6) patients. PI max and PE max were normal at 17 (%48,6) patients, abnormal 13 (%37,1) patients.Results; Disease activity determined by BASDAI Index has no significant correlation with chest Expansion and value of PI max-PE max (p=0.388). There is no significant correlations between chest expansion and normal or reduced intrathoracal pressures(p= 0.509). ER -