MRI Shows Promise for Early Diagnosis in Spondyloarthritis

Laloo and fellow researchers in Canada and Belgium found that intradiscal high signal intensity on T1-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images, vertebral corner bridging, and transdiscal ankylosis appear to be specific and reliable signs of early axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) in patients with inflammatory back pain.¹ Scroll through the slides for the details of the study and the take-home points for clinicians.

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