ArticlePolish journal of radiology2015
Diagnostics of Sacroiliitis According to ASAS Criteria: A Comparative Evaluation of Conventional Radiographs and MRI in Patients with a Clinical Suspicion of Spondyloarthropathy. Preliminary Results.
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- Use of Multimodality Imaging in the Evaluation of Patients With Spondyloarthropathies and Sacroiliitis.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Targeting inflammatory pathways in axial spondyloarthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2019Review
- Diagnostic imaging characteristics of canine infectious sacroiliitis.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2019Article
- Association between inflammatory back pain features, acute and structural sacroiliitis on MRI, and the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2019Article
- What's in a name? That which we call sacroiliitis by any other name would look the same….Reumatologia · 2018Article
- Classification Terminology and Definitions in Reporting of MRI in Axial Spondyloarthritis.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2017Article
- Imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Part II: Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of ultrasonography · 2017Review
- Frequency of sacroiliitis among patients with low back pain.Electronic physician · 2016Article
- Spectrum of Inflammatory Changes in the SIJs on Radiographs and MR Images in Patients with Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis.Polish journal of radiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this study was a comparative evaluation of radiography and MRI in the diagnostics of sacroiliitis in patients with a clinical diagnosis of spondyloartropathy, according to the current ASAS criteria. MATERIAL/
methodsSacroiliac joints radiograms and MRI were conducted in 101 consecutive patients, aged 19-71 yrs (mean age: 40.6 yrs). The patients were referred by a senior rheumatologist, with symptoms of the chronic back pain. The sacroiliac joints were assessed on AP radiograms of the pelvis according to the modified New York criteria for ankylosing spondylitis. MRI was performed to look for active and chronic inflammatory lesions.
resultsOf 14 patients with radiographic sacroiliitis according to modified New York criteria, only 50% had sacroiliitis on MRI. The sensitivity and specificity of conventional radiography were 22% and 94% and of MRI were 71% and 90%. Cohen's kappa coefficient was κ=0.0187, agreement of radiograms and MRI was 58%. Among 86 patients displaying no sacroiliitis on radiograms, MRI showed sacroiliitis in 34 patients (39.5%). Positive predictive value was 0.429, negative predictive value was 0.605.
conclusionsMRI allowed to diagnose sacroiliitis in 39,5 % of patients in preradiographic stage. MRI ruled out the presence of active inflammatory lesions in 60.4% of patients with sacroiliitis on radiograms according to modified New York criteria.
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