Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Nele Herregods, Anna Zejden, Lennart Jans, Chiara Giraudo, Mikael Boesen, Fabio Becce, Alberto Bazzocchi, Paolo Simoni, Pilar Aparisi, Jacob Jaremko, Mario Maas, James Teh, Kay-Geert Hermann, Flavia Menegotto, Amanda Isaac, Monique Reijnierse, Amit Shah, Winston Rennie, Anne Grethe Jurik
This opinion article by the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis and Pediatric Subcommittees discusses the current use of conventional radiography (CR) of the sacroiliac joints in adults and juveniles with suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The strengths and limitations of CR compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) are presented.Based on the current literature and expert opinions, the subcommittees recognize the superior sensitivity of MRI to detect early sacroiliitis...
October 2023: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology