Abstracts tagged "sacroiliac joints and inflammation"

Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
The Utility of Fat Lesions in Close Relation to Other Structural MRI Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints for Diagnosing Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Sengül Seven¹, Mikkel Østergaard ², Lone Morsel-Carlsen ³, inge Juul Sørensen ¹, Birthe Bonde ⁴, Gorm Thamsborg ⁵, Jens Jørgen Lykkegaard ¹, Oliver Hendricks ⁶, Niklas Rye Jørgensen ⁷ and Susanne Juhl Pedersen ⁸, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, ³Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁴The Birthe Bonde Clinic of Physioterapy, Copenhagen, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁵Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark, ⁶Danish Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Sønderborg, Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark, ⁷Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁸Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Bone marrow edema on MRI of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) plays an important role in the ASAS (Assessment of Spondyloarthritis International Society) classification criteria…