Abstract

A 42-year-old man with a 10-year history of HLA-B27-positive ankylosing spondylitis presented with upper abdominal pain and nausea after receiving oral ketoprofen 200 mg/day. His gastrointestinal symptoms did not improve with the addition of ranitidine 150 mg twice daily. He had previously responded well to conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Physical examination, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, radiography, laboratory tests, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, histopathologic examination and culture of biopsy specimens. Helicobacter pylori-positive duodenal ulcer. For eradication of H. pylori: omeprazole 20 mg twice daily, clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily and amoxicillin 1 g twice daily for 1 week. For ankylosing spondylitis: diclofenac 150 mg/day in combination with omeprazole 20 mg/day for 2 months.

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