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Do you recommend the use of contrast to identify sacroiliitis on MRI?
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Rheumatology · Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
If axial spondyloarthritis is suspected, and Xray of pelvis is either normal or equivocal then an MRI of SI joints is ordered to support the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis. The recommendation by ASAS is to order 2 sequences, T1-fat enhancing sequence, and a STIR- fat suppression sequence witho...