ArticleEuropean radiology2016
Optimizing the MRI protocol of the sacroiliac joints in Spondyloarthritis: which para-axial sequence should be used?
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- Assessment of Anatomical Variations in the Sacroiliac Joint Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Retrospective Study of 840 Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Standardized reporting of spine and sacroiliac joints in axial spondyloarthritis MRI: from the ESSR-Arthritis Subcommittee.European radiology · 2025Article
- Use of Multimodality Imaging in the Evaluation of Patients With Spondyloarthropathies and Sacroiliitis.Cureus · 2024Review
- MRI of the sacroiliac joints in spondyloarthritis: the added value of intra-articular signal changes for a 'positive MRI'.Skeletal radiology · 2018Article
- Which MR sequences should we use for the reliable detection and localization of bone marrow edema in spondyloarthritis?La Radiologia medica · 2017Article
- MRI assessment of bone marrow oedema in the sacroiliac joints of patients with spondyloarthritis: is the SPAIR T2w technique comparable to STIR?European radiology · 2017Article
- MR signal in the sacroiliac joint space in spondyloarthritis: a new sign.European radiology · 2017Article
- Highlights of the annual scientific meeting of the 22nd congress of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) 2015.Skeletal radiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionTo assess the diagnostic value of para-axial T2w-TSE (paT2) and fat-suppressed proton density (paPD-FS) MRI sequences for the evaluation of the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) of patients with axial Spondylarthritis (SpA). MATERIALS AND
methodsOne hundred and six patients with clinical findings suggestive of SpA underwent an MR protocol of the SIJ with additional paPD-FS (41 patients) and paT2 (105 patients). Acute (bone marrow oedema [BME], enthesitis, capsulitis, synovitis) and chronic findings (erosions, ankylosis) were assessed by paPD-FS and compared with the gold standard post-contrast sequences, whereas chronic features (because of the lack of fat suppression) were evaluated on paT2 and compared with pcT1.
resultspaPD-FS demonstrated high sensitivity (98.9 %) and specificity (99.1 %) for BME; sensitivity and specificity for synovitis and enthesitis were 100 %; 85.7 % and 100 %, respectively, for capsulitis. paPD-FS and paT2 showed 100 % sensitivity and specificity for ankylosis; for erosions, paT2 demonstrated 85.3 % sensitivity and 100 % specificity, whereas paPD-FS, respectively, 98 % and 100 %. DISCUSSION: PaT2 and paPD-FS provided precious information enabling an accurate interpretation of the heterogeneous findings of SpA. paPD-FS showed good results in detecting acute and chronic lesions and its inclusion in a routine MR examination of the SIJ could increase the diagnostic performance of a pre-contrast protocol. KEY POINTS: Para-axial sequence should be included in a routine MRI protocol for SpA. Acute and chronic findings can be evaluated on para-axial PD-FS. Para-axial PD-FS is superior to para-axial T2-W in SpA.
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