[MR Imaging of the spine and sacroiliac joints in ankylosing spondylitis]

A Feydy; L Gossec; R Bazeli; E Pluot; J Rousseau; R Campagna; H Guerini; M Dougados; J-L Drapé

doi:10.1016/s0221-0363(10)70019-6

[MR Imaging of the spine and sacroiliac joints in ankylosing spondylitis]

J Radiol. 2010 Jan;91(1 Pt 2):140-50. doi: 10.1016/s0221-0363(10)70019-6.

[Article in French]

Authors

A Feydy¹, L Gossec, R Bazeli, E Pluot, J Rousseau, R Campagna, H Guerini, M Dougados, J-L Drapé

Affiliation

¹ Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France. [email protected]

PMID: 20212390
DOI: 10.1016/s0221-0363(10)70019-6

Abstract

The new diagnostic criteria for spondyloarthropathy include MRI. MRI frequently allows early diagnosis of inflammatory lesions of the spine and sacroiliac joints in patients with normal plain films. Moreover, MRI is useful for the detection and quantification of inflammatory and structural lesions, and to assess disease activity.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
Discitis / diagnosis
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Image Enhancement*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Middle Aged
Sacroiliac Joint / pathology*
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / classification
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / diagnosis*
Thoracic Vertebrae / pathology