ArticleThe Journal of rheumatology2017
Thoracic Syndesmophytes Commonly Occur in the Absence of Lumbar Syndesmophytes in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Computed Tomography Study.
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- Imaging in clinical trials of axial spondyloarthritis: what type of imaging should be used.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
- Investigation of the molecular mechanism of quercetin in inhibiting ankylosing spondylitis ossification via the bone morphogenetic protein/smad signaling pathway.Medical molecular morphology · 2025Article
- Biomechanics in the onset and severity of spondyloarthritis: a force to be reckoned with.RMD open · 2023Review
- Syndesmophyte Growth in Ankylosing Spondylitis: from Laboratory to Bedside.Current rheumatology reports · 2023Review
- Aortic-vertebral interaction in ankylosing spondylitis: syndesmophyte development at the juxta-aortic vertebral rim.Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2019Article
- Computed tomography in axial spondyloarthritis.Current opinion in rheumatology · 2018Review
- Better Quantification of Syndesmophyte Growth in Axial Spondyloarthritis.Current rheumatology reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the extent of thoracic involvement with syndesmophytes in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) relative to lumbar involvement.
methodsWe performed thoracolumbar spine computed tomography (CT) and lumbar radiography on 18 patients. We quantitated syndesmophytes in 11 intervertebral disc spaces and related these to the presence of syndesmophytes on lumbar radiographs.
resultsSyndesmophytes were slightly more common in the thoracic than in the lumbar spine and bridging was significantly more common. Thoracic syndesmophytes were universally present in patients without visible lumbar syndesmophytes on either radiographs or CT.
conclusionSyndesmophytes predominate in the thoracic spine. Lumbar radiographs underestimate the degree of thoracic involvement.
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