title: [Clinical value of MR tomography of spondylodiscitis in ankylosing spondylitis].
abstract: The extent of bone marrow edema seems relevant in assessing the activity of discovertebral destructions in ankylosing spondylitis using highly T2-weighted images. Twenty-one patients showing 32 discovertebral lesions in total were examined by MR-imaging. Radiological progression of destruction is significantly connected with the extent of bone marrow edema. Areas of probable progression can be visualized, which is especially valuable in polysegmental distribution. MR-imaging of discovertebral lesions facilitates the planning of therapy, particularly concerning surgical stabilization.
authors.affiliation: Rheumaklinik Oberammergau.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wienands
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lukas
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Klinische Bedeutung der MR-Tomographie von Spondylodiscitiden bei Spondylitis ankylopoetica.