MRI Shows Promise for Early Diagnosis in Spondyloarthritis

January 10, 2019

T1-weighted MRI may be a highly specific and reliable test for diagnosing SpA.

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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MR, magnetic resonance; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SpA, spondyloarthritis.

DVU, disco-vertebral unit; MR, magnetic resonance; SpA, spondyloarthritis.

MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SpA, spondyloarthritis.