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Clinical Neurology
Nandish G. Shah, Abhishek Keraliya, Mitchel B. Harris, Christopher M. Bono, Bharti Khurana
Summary: A study comparing spine injuries in DISH and AS patients found a lower prevalence of posterior element injury in DISH patients compared to AS patients on CT or MRI. In patients with isolated vertebral body fractures without neurological deficits detected on CT, MRI revealed a significantly lower rate of posterior element injury in DISH patients compared to AS patients.
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Rheumatology
Masha Gliner-Ron, Eyal Bercovich, Amir Herman, Merav Lidar, Daniela Militianu, Iris Eshed
Summary: This study validates the theory that thoracic right-sided osteophytes in DISH patients with right-sided aorta are a result of the pulsating left-sided thoracic aorta's protective effect. The majority of osteophytes were found contralateral to the aorta's location, while ipsilateral and bilateral osteophytes were also present. Aortic pulsation plays an important role in inhibiting osteophyte development.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Kemp Knott, Iclal Erdem Toslak, Faizah Siddique, Cara Joyce, Ricki Shah, Laurie Lomasney
Summary: This study confirms the incidence of sub-acute subchondral bone resorption following traumatic joint injury is higher than expected for a general non-traumatic population. Accurate interpretation of this traumatic finding minimizes inappropriate consultation and intervention for inflammatory sacroiliitis.
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Rheumatology
Rosa Marie Kiil, Ulrich Weber, Anne Gitte Loft, Rikke Damkjaer Maimburg, Anne Grethe Jurik
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence, evolution, and topography of sacroiliac joint MRI lesions in pregnant and postpartum women. The results showed that 41% of women met the current sacroiliitis definition at 12 months postpartum, which may result in false-positive diagnoses of axial spondyloarthritis in postpartum women. The lesions were mainly clustered in the anterior middle joint portions and there were virtually no erosions at 12 months postpartum.
ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY
(2023)
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Orthopedics
F. W. Roemer, K. Engelke, L. Li, J. -D. Laredo, A. Guermazi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic performance of routine MRI for assessing osteophytes in three knee compartments using CT as a reference standard. The study found that MRI underestimates the presence of osteophytes in all three compartments, and CT may be helpful in assessing small osteophytes, especially in early disease.
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
(2023)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Elke Vereecke, Lieve Morbee, Frederiek Laloo, Min Chen, Jacob L. L. Jaremko, Nele Herregods, Lennart Jans
Summary: This study analyzed the prevalence of anatomical variants of sacroiliac joints (SIJ) using sCT images in 215 patients suspected of sacroiliitis. Over 80% of the evaluated joints had SIJ variants, with the most common being iliosacral complex, bipartite iliac bony plate, and crescent iliac bony plate. The occurrence of these variants was associated with age, sex, and body weight, with iliosacral complex being more frequent in men and associated with higher BMI.
INSIGHTS INTO IMAGING
(2023)
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Anatomy & Morphology
Azaria Simonovich, Yulia Naveh, Leonid Kalichman
Summary: The study found that osteophytes in the thoracic spine are common in older adults, with the number and size increasing with age in both sexes. Osteophytes are significantly larger on the right side than the left, possibly due to proximity to the aorta.
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Rheumatology
Simon Krabbe, Thomas Renson, Lennart Jans, Dirk Elewaut, Filip Van den Bosch, Philippe Carron, Mikkel Ostergaard
Summary: The study aims to investigate the reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of a novel MRI scoring system in early peripheral SpA (pSpA). Results showed that the proposed MRI lower-extremity inflammation index demonstrated good reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change in patients with early pSpA, and was correlated with other measures of disease activity.
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Lieve Morbee, Min Chen, Nele Herregods, Pim Pullens, Lennart B. O. Jans
Summary: This study demonstrated the equivalency of MRI-based synthetic CT to conventional CT in geometric measurements of the lumbar spine, showing good reliability. This opens up new possibilities for diagnosis and surgical planning without ionizing radiation, while combining soft tissue information from conventional MRI.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
(2021)
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Medicine, Research & Experimental
Tianji Huang, Jie Qin, Weiyang Zhong, Ke Tang, Zhengxue Quan
Summary: A retrospective study on the degeneration trend of uncovertebral joints in a healthy population found that degeneration worsens with age, with C5-6 segment being the most affected, reaching significant degeneration between the 40s and 60s.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
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Rheumatology
Torsten Diekhoff, Denis Poddubnyy, Fabian Proft, Katharina Ziegeler, Dominik Deppe, Christoph Niedermeier, Kay Geert A. Hermann
Summary: By comparing CT and MRI scans of patients with axial SpA, it was found that joint space lesions show increased density and may contain calcified matrix, suggesting new bone formation. The proportion of calcified matrix gradually increases in type C lesions.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Kyung-Ann Lee, So Yun Lee, Se Hee Kim, Hyun-Sook Kim, Hae-Rim Kim, Sang-Hoon Lee
Summary: Pregnancy and delivery do not affect the radiographic progression of the spine and sacroiliac joints in women with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
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Orthopedics
Rosa Marie Kiil, Anne Grethe Jurik, Anna Zejden
Summary: The study revealed that atypical anatomical morphologies at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) are common in young adults, especially females. Most variations were detectable by MRI, and three specific variations were frequently accompanied by symptoms and/or subchondral bone marrow edema (BME).
SKELETAL RADIOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Hannah Kress, Roman Klein, Tim Pohlemann, Christoph Georg Woelfl
Summary: This study evaluates the postoperative outcome of a computed tomography-guided minimally invasive approach for geriatric patients with fragility fractures of the pelvis. The results show that this operative method is safe and readily available, with few complications. It allows for immediate postoperative mobilization, adequate pain control, and preserves independence and good quality of life for the patients.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2022)
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Rheumatology
Xenofon Baraliakos, Anna Kuehn, Styliani Tsiami, Uta Kiltz, Martin Fruth, Juergen Braun
Summary: Age has different influences on the MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joints of patients with and without axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Bone marrow edema (BME) and erosions are more frequent in axSpA patients regardless of age, while fat lesions (FL) are only significantly different in patients over 50 years old.