Rheumatology

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Questions discussed in this category

Do you image the spine in addition to the sacroiliac joints when you suspect axial spondyloarthritis?

Can axSpA affect the spine without affecting the sacroiliac joints?

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Papers discussed in this category

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Jan 22

Does spinal MRI add incremental diagnostic value to MRI of the sacroiliac joints alone in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis?

Ann Rheum Dis, 2012 May 14

Descriptions of spinal MRI lesions and definition of a positive MRI of the spine in axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI study group.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2015 Aug 18

Patients with chronic back pain of short duration from the SPACE cohort: which MRI structural lesions in the sacroiliac joints and inflammatory and structural lesions in the spine are most specific for axial spondyloarthritis?

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