MRI lesions of the spine in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: an update of lesion definitions and validation by the ASAS MRI working group.
Xenofon BaraliakosMikkel ØstergaardRobert Gw LambertIris EshedPedro M MachadoSusanne Juhl PedersenUlrich WeberManouk de HoogeJoachim SieperDenis PoddubnyyMartin RudwaleitDésirée Mfm van der HeijdeRobert B M LandeweWalter P MaksymowychPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2022)
The lesion definitions for spinal MRI lesions compatible with SpA were updated by consensus and validated by a group of experienced readers. The lesions with the highest frequency and best reliability were fat and monomorphic inflammatory lesions at the VC.