ArticleTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2012
Imaging in ankylosing spondylitis.
Article in Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Ankylosing spondylitis risk factors: a systematic literature review.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of Ankylosing Spondylitis/Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis on Postoperative and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Elective Cervical and Lumbar Surgery.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Impact of disease burden on VOBMJ open · 2026Article
- Learning from multiple readings for axial spondyloarthritis classification of the sacroiliac joints.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biologic and targeted synthetic therapies in ankylosing spondylitis: a pharmacological review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Comprehensive overview of alternative medicine in the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: Symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatments (Review).Biomedical reports · 2026Review
- Diagnosing Ankylosing Spondylitis via Architecture-Modified ResNet and Combined Conventional Magnetic Resonance Imagery.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2025Article
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in rheumatic disease classification: an example of ankylosing spondylitis severity inspection model.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Review of the updated definitions and concepts of spinal lesions in axial spondyloarthritis.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
- Advanced Ankylosing Spondylitis With Posterior Mediastinal Mass: A Rare Radiological Confluence.Cureus · 2025Article
- Diagnostic imaging confusion in infectious spondylitis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Review
- The role of magnetic resonance imaging in monitoring patients with axial spondyloarthritis.Reumatologia · 2025Article
- Acute thoracolumbar fractures in patients with a rigid spine: a computed tomography study.Polish journal of radiology · 2025Article
- "Long-term MRI findings in Ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with TNF inhibitors for a decade".Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Spinal Involvement in Patients with Chronic Non-Bacterial Osteomyelitis (CNO): An Analysis of Distinctive Imaging Features.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Adalimumab Mitigates Lumbar Radiculopathy in a Case of Ankylosing Spondylitis.The American journal of case reports · 2022Article
- The applicability of trabecular bone score for osteoporosis diagnosis in ankylosing spondylitis.Rheumatology international · 2022Article
- Interobserver Reliability of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sacroiliac Joints in Axial Spondyloarthritis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A brief human history of ankylosing spondylitis: A scoping review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.Surgical neurology international · 2022Article
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Abstract
Imaging is an integral part of the management of patients with ankylosing spondylitis and axial spondyloarthritis. Characteristic radiographic and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings are key in the diagnosis. Radiography and MRI are also useful in monitoring the disease. Radiography is the conventional, albeit quite insensitive, gold standard method for assessment of structural damage in spine and sacroiliac joints, whereas MRI has gained a decisive role in monitoring disease activity in clinical trials and practice. MRI may also, if ongoing research demonstrates a sufficient reliability and sensitivity to change, become a new standard method for assessment of structural damage. Ultrasonography allows visualization of peripheral arthritis and enthesitis, but has no role in the assessment of axial manifestations. Computed tomography is a sensitive method for assessment of structural changes in the spine and sacroiliac joints, but its clinical utility is limited due to its use of ionizing radiation and lack of ability to assess the soft tissues. It is exciting that with continued dedicated research and the rapid technical development it is likely that even larger improvements in the use of imaging may occur in the decade to come, for the benefit of our patients.
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