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12406428

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is the prototype of the spondyloarthritides (SpA). AS is a disease subset but also a possible outcome of SpA. Early diagnosis of sacroiliitis, the most frequent clinical symptom frequently accompanied by inflammatory back pain and other inflammatory lesions of the spine such as spondylitis and spondylodiscitis, can be visualized early by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Spinal inflammation can be demonstrated by MRI using either the fat-saturating short tau inversion recovery (STIR) technique or by application of the contrast agent gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This is especially useful in early and active disease, in young women and in children, and for the differential diagnosis of septic sacroiliitis. Because of the efficacy of the novel biological agents directed against tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) - such as infliximab and etanercept - in SpA there is a need for spinal imaging techniques more sensitive than conventional X-rays. The available scoring tools are reviewed and novel approaches using MRI are presented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1521-6942
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
573-604
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Imaging and scoring in ankylosing spondylitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Landgrafenstr. 15, 44652, Herne, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review