MRI of the SI joints commonly shows non-inflammatory disease in patients clinically suspected of sacroiliitis

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-184

  Jans, L ^a   Van Praet, L ^a   Elewaut, D ^a   Van Den Bosch, F ^a   Carron, P ^a   Jaremko, J L ^b   Behaeghe, M ^a   Denis, A ^a   Huysse, W ^a   Lambrecht, V ^a   Verstraete, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Inflammation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sacroiliac joint; Sacroiliitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLOLYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

BACK PAIN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892366734     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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