What amount of structural damage defines sacroiliitis: a CT study.

Kay-Geert A Hermann Katharina ZiegelerVirginie KreutzingerDenis Poddubnyy Fabian ProftDominik DeppeJuliane GreeseJoachim Sieper Torsten Diekhoff

Published in: RMD open (2022)

Sclerosis and ventrally located erosions of SI joints have lower specificity on CT of the SI joint in the context of axSpA imaging. Ankylosis and/or erosions of the middle and dorsal joint portions show a strong diagnostic performance and are appropriate markers of a positive SI joint by CT.

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