ArticleACR open rheumatology2024
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Topography of Bone Marrow Edema in the Sacroiliac Joint of Postpartum Women.
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- Clinical and MRI features associated with remission following biological therapy in axial spondyloarthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Ixekizumab in Chinese Patients with Radiographic-Axial Spondyloarthritis by Baseline Inflammation Status on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.Rheumatology and therapy · 2026Article
- When it is not sacroiliitis.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveA traditional monoplanar semicoronal and a biplanar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) assessment method were used to compare the topographical distribution of postpartum strain-related bone marrow edema (BME) at the sacroiliac joint (SIJ).
methodsThe presence and topographical location of SIJ BME were assessed independently by three readers in 71 women 12 months postpartum. A traditional monoplanar semicoronal and a biplanar BME evaluation by 8 (upper and lower) and 12 joint (upper, middle, and lower) regions, respectively, was performed with >4 weeks between the two assessments. Descriptive results were reported as mean ± SD and ranges, and interreader agreement by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).
resultsBy semicoronal assessment, 38 (53.5%) women had BME with a mean ± SD SPARCC score of 2.3 ± 4.0 (range 0-22; ICC 0.93, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.92-0.94). Forty-one (57.8%) had BME by biplanar assessment with a mean ± SD sum score of 2.9 ± 5.8 (range 0-32.7; ICC 0.89, 95% CI 0.88-0.91). By semicoronal assessment, the highest frequency and mean SPARCC scores were in the anterior upper regions of ilium (24%, mean 0.6) and sacrum (21%, mean 0.3) followed by the posterior upper sacral (20%, mean 0.4) and posterior lower iliac (20%, mean 0.3) regions. By biplanar assessment, the anterior middle joint regions had highest BME frequency and sum scores, sacral side (32%, mean 1.9) and iliac side (27%, mean 2.0), respectively; frequencies and sum scores were generally higher in the anterior compared to the posterior joint regions.
conclusionThe 12-region biplanar assessment revealed a predominantly anterior middle location of postpartum SIJ BME whereas the 8-region monoplanar approach did not demarcate distinct strain-prone SIJ regions. Complementing traditional monoplanar semicoronal SIJ MRI evaluation by a semiaxial assessment may facilitate discrimination of strain-related conditions from early axial spondyloarthritis.
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