Unveiling the distinctive ossification patterns of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and ankylosing spondylitis using computed tomography three-dimensional reconstruction.
Simin LiaoLiuquan ChengZheng ZhaoXiaojian JiJianglin ZhangJian ZhuFeng HuangPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2024)
Morphological features of osteophytes are helpful to distinguish DISH with AS. Aortic pulsations inhibit or hinder new bone formation in both DISH and AS. Maintaining normal BMI could postpone osteophytes formation.
Keyphrases
- ankylosing spondylitis
- computed tomography
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- positron emission tomography
- aortic valve
- body mass index
- left ventricular
- low grade
- magnetic resonance imaging
- pulmonary artery
- weight gain
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- aortic dissection
- image quality
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- pulmonary hypertension