Among patients with axial spondyloarthritis, one fifth with active sacroiliitis on MRI after NSAID washout experience full resolution after NSAID reintroduction.

MRI interrater reliability is superior to that of radiographs — which demonstrated a significant proportion of both false negative and false positive findings — for global sacroiliitis ...

MRI Considerable proportion of healthy individuals without back pain have MRI positive for sacroiliitis. HealthDay News — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) positive for sacroiliitis is seen in a ...

In patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, MRI sacroiliitis and HLA-B27 positivity, but not elevated C-reactive protein or responses at week 12, predict long-term certolizumab ...

Poor agreement was identified regarding MRI- and classification-defined axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and inflammatory back pain diagnoses in patients with psoriatic disease.

Sacroiliitis on conventional radiography, a key diagnostic feature of axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), often appears only late in the disease course. With the introduction of potent biologic agents ...

MRI of the sacroiliac joints is not associated with radiation exposure and is more reliable than X-ray imaging for detecting sacroiliitis.

Furthermore, radiographic sacroiliitis is included - together with sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging - in the Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS) classification ...

A diagnostic delay of 2 to 6 years may be typical in axSpA, noted Raj Sengupta, MBBS, of the University of Bath in England, and co-authors in a recent review. "This time span presents a window of ...

In conclusion, septic sacroiliitis is a rare illness that manifests with the signs and symptoms of more common problems. For this reason, its diagnosis is frequently overlooked and delayed.

MRI can detect active inflammation and structural damage associated with SpA. According to the ASAS axial SpA criteria, patients with chronic back pain aged less than 45 years at onset can be ...

HealthDay News — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) positive for sacroiliitis is seen in a considerable number of healthy individuals without back pain, according to a study recently published in ...