Facet Joint Involvement in Early MRI Positive Axial Spondyloarthritis
Detlef Becker-Capeller, Soham El-Nawab-Becker, Marcus Hul, Nermin Weber, Smaragda Kapsimalakou, Xenofon Baraliakos · Aktuelle Rheumatologie · 2023 · Heft 04 · S. 277-284
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Abstract Background The disease course of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), usually detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is often unclear at the time of diagnosis. We investigated which MRI findings in the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) and lumbar spine including the facet joints can be observed over a two-year period in patients with newly diagnosed active inflammatory lesions in the SIJs fufilling the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society criteria (ASAS) for Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Methods Patients (n=56, age