Diagnostic utility of whole spine and thoracic spine MRI corner inflammatory lesions in axial spondyloarthritis.
Chiu Wai Shirley ChanPhilip Hei LiKam Ho LeeHelen Hoi Lun TsangChak Sing LauHo Yin ChungPublished in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2020)
Spinal MRI provided little incremental diagnostic value in unselected axSpA patients. However, in patients without sacroiliitis on MRI or radiographs, 8-13% might be diagnosed by spinal MRI. Thoracic and whole spine MRI had similar diagnostic performance using the proposed cutoff of ⩾5 W-CILs and ⩾3 T-CILs.