Diagnosing spondyloarthritis (SpA) early in young patients with inflammatory back pain and
normal findings on radiographs of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) remains a challenge in routine …

The recently developed Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)
classification criteria for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) are the first criteria ever …

In the past two decades, MRI has gained a major role in research and clinical management
of patients with inflammatory arthritides, particularly in spondyloarthritis (SpA), rheumatoid …

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 …

Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac joints has evolved as the most
relevant imaging modality for diagnosis and classification of early axial spondyloarthritis …

The introduction of MRI in spondyloarthritis (SpA) constitutes a major advance and is
increasingly being implemented in clinical practice in cases in which clinical suspicion of …

Background. Clinical, laboratory, and radiologic parameters are used for diagnosis and
classification of spondyloarthritis (SpA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac (SI) …

Objectives To investigate in patients with chronic back pain of a short duration, the utility of
adding structural MRI lesions of the SI joints to the imaging criterion of the Assessment of …

Observer variation in reading radiographs of sacroiliac joints remains an unresolved issue.
In recent years, more studies on MRI in the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis have become …

This opinion article by the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis and
Pediatric Subcommittees discusses the current use of conventional radiography (CR) of the …