Computed tomography scanning facilitates the diagnosis of sacroiliitis in patients with suspected spondylarthritis: Results of a prospective multicenter French cohort study

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1412-1419

  Devauchelle Pensec, Valérie ^a,h   D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta ^b   Marion, Julien ^b   Lapierre, Marie ^b   Jousse Joulin, Sandrine ^a   Colin, Danielle ^b   Chary Valckenaere, Isabelle ^c   Marcelli, Christian ^d   Loeuille, Damien ^c   Aegerter, Philippe ^b   Guis, Sandrine ^e   Gaudin, Philippe ^f   Breban, Maxime ^g   Saraux, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Universite de Brest   (France)

^c Henri Poincaré University   (France)

^d CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^f Hopital Sud CHU de Grenoble   (France)

^g INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SACROILIITIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTPATIENTS; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACROILIITIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860477102     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.33466     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Amor B, Dougados M, Mijiyawa M,. Criteria of the classification of spondylarthropathies. Rev Rhum Mal Osteoartic 1990; 57: 85-9. In French.
2. Calin A, Porta J, Fries JF, Schurman DJ,. Clinical history as a screening test for ankylosing spondylitis. JAMA 1977; 237: 2613-4.
3. Dougados M, van der Linden S, Juhlin R, Huitfeldt B, Amor B, Calin A, et al, the European Spondylarthropathy Study Group. The European Spondylarthropathy Study Group preliminary criteria for the classification of spondylarthropathy. Arthritis Rheum 1991; 34: 1218-27.
4. Van der Linden S, Valkenburg HA, Cats A,. Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for ankylosing spondylitis: a proposal for modification of the New York criteria. Arthritis Rheum 1984; 27: 361-8.
5. Rudwaleit M, Jurik AG, Hermann KG, Landewe R, van der Heijde D, Baraliakos X, et al. Defining active sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for classification of axial spondyloarthritis: a consensual approach by the ASAS/OMERACT MRI group. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 1520-7.
6. Rudwaleit M, Landewe R, van der Heijde D, Listing J, Brandt J, Braun J, et al. The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part I): classification of paper patients by expert opinion including uncertainty appraisal [published erratum appears in Ann Rheum Dis 2011;70:1519]. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 770-6.
7. Battistone MJ, Manaster BJ, Reda DJ, Clegg DO,. Radiographic diagnosis of sacroiliitisâare sacroiliac views really better? J Rheumatol 1998; 25: 2395-401.
8. Dihlmann W, Gurtler KF, Heller M,. Computer tomography of the sacroiliac joints. Rofo 1979; 130: 659-65. In German.
9. Geijer M, Gothlin GG, Gothlin JH,. Observer variation in computed tomography of the sacroiliac joints: a retrospective analysis of 1383 cases. Acta Radiol 2007; 48: 665-71.
10. Braun J, Zochling J, Marker-Hermann E, Stucki G, Bohm H, Rudwaleit M, et al. Recommendations for the management of ankylosing spodylitis after ASAS/EULAR: evaluation in the German language area. Z Rheumatol 2006; 65: 728-42. In German.
11. Keat A, Barkham N, Bhalla A, Gaffney K, Marzo-Ortega H, Paul S, et al. BSR guidelines for prescribing TNF-α blockers in adults with ankylosing spondylitis: report of a working party of the British Society for Rheumatology. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005; 44: 939-47.
12. Pham T, Fautrel B, Dernis E, Goupille P, Guillemin F, Le Loet X, et al. Recommendations of the French Society for Rheumatology regarding TNFα antagonist therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis: 2007 update. Joint Bone Spine 2007; 74: 638-46.
13. Rudwaleit M, Rodevand E, Holck P, Vanhoof J, Kron M, Kary S, et al. Adalimumab effectively reduces the rate of anterior uveitis flares in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis: results of a prospective open-label study. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68: 696-701.
14. Muche B, Bollow M, Francois RJ, Sieper J, Hamm B, Braun J,. Anatomic structures involved in early- and late-stage sacroiliitis in spondylarthritis: a detailed analysis by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging. Arthritis Rheum 2003; 48: 1374-84.
15. Yu W, Feng F, Dion E, Yang H, Jiang M, Genant HK,. Comparison of radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the detection of sacroiliitis accompanying ankylosing spondylitis. Skeletal Radiol 1998; 27: 311-20.
16. Oostveen J, Prevo R, den Boer J, van de Laar M,. Early detection of sacroiliitis on magnetic resonance imaging and subsequent development of sacroiliitis on plain radiography: a prospective, longitudinal study. J Rheumatol 1999; 26: 1953-8.
17. Puhakka KB, Jurik AG, Egund N, Schiottz-Christensen B, Stengaard-Pedersen K, van Overeem Hansen G, et al. Imaging of sacroiliitis in early seronegative spondylarthropathy: assessment of abnormalities by MR in comparison with radiography and CT. Acta Radiol 2003; 44: 218-29.
18. Weber U, Lambert RG, Ostergaard M, Hodler J, Pedersen SJ, Maksymowych WP,. The diagnostic utility of magnetic resonance imaging in spondylarthritis: an international multicenter evaluation of one hundred eighty-seven subjects. Arthritis Rheum 2010; 62: 3048-58.
19. Wittram C, Whitehouse GH, Williams JW, Bucknall RC,. A comparison of MR and CT in suspected sacroiliitis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1996; 20: 68-72.
20. De Rycke L, Maas M, Tak PP, Baeten D,. 'MRI-tis' in the early diagnosis of axial SpA: issues and limitations. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2010; 6: 666-9.
21. Marzo-Ortega H, McGonagle D, Bennett AN,. Magnetic resonance imaging in spondyloarthritis. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2010; 22: 381-7.
22. Carrera GF, Foley WD, Kozin F, Ryan L, Lawson TL,. CT of sacroiliitis. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1981; 136: 41-6.
23. Kozin F, Carrera GF, Ryan LM, Foley D, Lawson T,. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of sacroiliitis. Arthritis Rheum 1981; 24: 1479-85.
24. Fam AG, Rubenstein JD, Chin-Sang H, Leung FY,. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of early ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Rheum 1985; 28: 930-7.
25. Robbins SE, Morse MH,. Is the acquisition of a separate view of the sacroiliac joints in the prone position justified in patients with back pain? Clin Radiol 1996; 51: 637-8.
26. Landis JR, Koch GG,. An application of hierarchical kappa-type statistics in the assessment of majority agreement among multiple observers. Biometrics 1977; 33: 363-74.
27. Dequeker J, Goddeeris T, Walravens M, De Roo M,. Evaluation of sacro-iliitis: comparison of radiological and radionuclide techniques. Radiology 1978; 128: 687-9.
28. Brink JA, Heiken JP, Wang G, McEnery KW, Schlueter FJ, Vannier MW,. Helical CT: principles and technical considerations. Radiographics 1994; 14: 887-93.
29. Ghozlan R, Vacher H,. Where is imaging going in rheumatology? Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2000; 14: 617-33.
30. Hollingsworth PN, Cheah PS, Dawkins RL, Owen ET, Calin A, Wood PH,. Observer variation in grading sacroiliac radiographs in HLA-B27 positive individuals. J Rheumatol 1983; 10: 247-54.
31. Spoorenberg A, de Vlam K, van der Linden S, Dougados M, Mielants M, van de Tempel H, et al. Radiological scoring methods in ankylosing spondylitis: reliability and change over 1 and 2 years. J Rheumatol 2004; 31: 125-32.
32. Calin A, Mackay K, Santos H, Brophy S,. A new dimension to outcome: application of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Radiology Index. J Rheumatol 1999; 26: 988-92.
33. Heuft-Dorenbosch L, Landewe R, Weijers R, Wanders A, Houben H, van der Linden S, et al. Combining information obtained from magnetic resonance imaging and conventional radiographs to detect sacroiliitis in patients with recent onset inflammatory back pain. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65: 804-8.
34. Geijer M, Gadeholt Gothlin G, Gothlin JH,. The validity of the New York radiological grading criteria in diagnosing sacroiliitis by computed tomography. Acta Radiol 2009; 50: 664-73.
35. Taggart AJ, Desai SM, Iveson JM, Verow PW,. Computerized tomography of the sacro-iliac joints in the diagnosis of sacro-iliitis. Br J Rheumatol 1984; 23: 258-66.
36. Smith-Bindman R,. Is computed tomography safe? N Engl J Med 2010; 363: 1-4.
37. Rudwaleit M, Haibel H, Baraliakos X, Listing J, Marker-Hermann E, Zeidler H, et al. The early disease stage in axial spondylarthritis: results from the German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort. Arthritis Rheum 2009; 60: 717-27.
38. Dougados M, d'Agostino MA, Benessiano J, Berenbaum F, Breban M, Claudepierre P, et al. The DESIR cohort: a 10-year follow-up of early inflammatory back pain in France. Study design and baseline characteristics of the 708 recruited patients. Joint Bone Spine 2011; 78: 598-603.
39. Saraux A, Guillemin F, Guggenbuhl P, Roux CH, Fardellone P, Le Bihan E, et al. Prevalence of spondyloarthropathies in France: 2001. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 1431-5.