ArticleSkeletal radiology2022
Anatomical variation at the sacroiliac joints in young adults: estimated prevalence by CT and concomitant diagnostics by MRI.
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- Prevalence of accessory sacroiliac joint anatomy and associated clinical features.Skeletal radiology · 2023Article
- Sex Disparities of the Sacroiliac Joint: Focus on Joint Anatomy and Imaging Appearance.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Diagnostics of Sacroiliac Joint Differentials to Axial Spondyloarthritis Changes by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Differences in topographical location of sacroiliac joint MRI lesions in patients with early axial spondyloarthritis and mechanical back pain.Arthritis research & therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of atypical anatomical morphologies at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) in young adults by CT and analyze the diagnostic ability of MRI to detect the variations in addition to concomitant MRI findings that could be misdiagnosed as inflammatory changes. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe study sample constituted CT examinations of 155 individuals aged 18-40 years and prospectively collected comparative SIJ MRI examinations of 49, who also filled out a questionnaire on back and buttock pain. The CT and MRIs were analyzed by two musculoskeletal radiologists regarding seven SIJ variations and additional subchondral bone marrow edema (BME) by MRI.
resultsCT and MRI interobserver agreements were good or very good for most variations. Mean age of the 155 individuals was 28 years, 99 (64%) were males; 88 (57%) had at least one SIJ variation, and most frequent were dysmorphic cartilaginous joint facets (n = 33, 21%), bipartite iliac bony plate (n = 27, 17%), accessory SIJ (n = 24, 16%), and iliosacral complex (n = 18, 12%), with a female predominance of all variations. The ability of MRI to detect the frequent variations was satisfying. Dysmorphic cartilaginous joint facets, accessory SIJ, and iliosacral complex were frequently observed in individuals reporting symptoms and were accompanied by BME, often located anteriorly in sacrum/inferiorly in ilium.
conclusionAtypical SIJ morphology is frequent in young adults, especially females, demanding further research into the anatomical natural variation. Most of the variations were detectable by MRI and three variations warrant further exploration as they often were accompanied by symptoms and/or BME.
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