Abstracts tagged "bone marrow lesions and inflammation"

Abstract Number: 651 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Analysis of the Different Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in the Sacroiliac Joints for a Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis As Judged By Rheumatologists and Radiologists
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Ana Ghadir², Martin Fruth², Uta Kiltz³ and Jürgen Braun¹, ¹Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Classification of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) by the imaging arm of the ASAS criteria relies partly on the detection of a bone marrow edema (BME)…