Sex-specific diagnostic efficacy of MRI in axial spondyloarthritis: challenging the 'One Size Fits All' notion.
Sevtap Tugce UlasFabian ProftTorsten DiekhoffValeria RiosJudith RademacherMikhail ProtopopovJuliane GreeseIris EshedLisa C AdamsKay-Geert A HermannSarah OhrndorfDenis PoddubnyyKatharina ZiegelerPublished in: RMD open (2023)
The diagnostic performance of structural MRI markers is substantially lower in female patients with axSpA; active inflammatory lesions show comparable performance in both sexes, while still overall inferior to structural markers. This leads to a comparably higher risk of false positive findings in women.