ReviewPediatric radiology2023
MRI in pediatric sacroiliitis, what radiologists should know.
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- ESR Essentials: Imaging of sacroiliitis-practice recommendations by ESSR.European radiology · 2024Guideline
- Research on automatic recognition radiomics algorithm for early sacroiliac arthritis based on sacroiliac MRI imaging.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Trial
- Diffusion-Weighted Imaging for the Evaluation of the Sacroiliac Joint in Pediatric Patients.Arthritis care & research · 2026Article
- Evaluated anatomical variations in children by sacrococcygeal ultrasonography as a new tool: a report from a Chinese tertiary hospital.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Pivotal role of the synovioentheseal complex in the imaging of arthritis and rheumatic diseasesDiagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) · 2024Review
- Axial Imaging in Spondyloarthritis.Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Imaging of Sacroiliac Pain: The Current State-of-the-Art.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- Preferential involvement of the pelvis and hips along with active sacroiliitis in chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis: MRI of 97 patients from a single tertiary referral center.European radiology · 2024Article
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- The sacroiliac joint across ages - what is normal?Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2024Review
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Abstract
MRI is used for early detection of inflammation of sacroiliac joints as it shows active lesions of sacroiliitis long before radiographs show damage to the sacroiliac joints. Early diagnosis of arthritis allows early treatment of inflammation and can help delay disease progression and prevent irreversible damage. Also, early identification of axial involvement in juvenile spondyloarthropathy is crucial, as treatment options are different than for peripheral juvenile spondyloarthropathy. In general, standard sequences used in adults are also applied to children. However, interpreting MR images of pediatric sacroiliac joints is more challenging than in adults, because of normal physiological changes during skeletal maturation, which can simulate disease on MR images. Furthermore, classical definitions of sacroiliitis used in adults, for both active inflammatory and structural lesions, can be difficult to extrapolate to children. The development of reliable pediatric-specific definitions for sacroiliitis is still in active study. Understanding both normal and pathological signal changes in children is important to distinguish physiologic findings from disease and to make a correct diagnosis. In this review, the main imaging characteristics of sacroiliitis on MRI in children and its frequent pitfalls will be illustrated, while also citing some discussion points regarding the scan protocol.
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