Age- and Sex-dependent Frequency of Fat Metaplasia and Other Structural Changes of the Sacroiliac Joints in Patients without Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Retrospective, Cross-sectional MRI Study.

Katharina ZiegelerHamama EshkalClaudia SchorrJoachim SieperTorsten DiekhoffMarcus R MakowskiBernd HammKay-Geert A Hermann

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2018)

Our study shows a very high prevalence of fat metaplasia adjacent to the sacroiliac joint in asymptomatic patients, while erosions are extremely uncommon.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
cross sectional
magnetic resonance imaging
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
rheumatoid arthritis
magnetic resonance
systemic lupus erythematosus
disease activity