title: MRI of the axial skeletal manifestations of ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable tool in the imaging and assessment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis. MRI can demonstrate the acute and chronic changes of sacroiliitis, osteitis, discovertebral lesions, disc calcifications and ossification and arthopathic lesions, which characterize the disease, as well as the complications, which include fracture and the rare cauda equina syndrome. This article reviews the range of MRI findings commonly seen within the axial skeleton in patients with this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Stanmore, Middlesex HA3 6DG, UK.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Forbat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saifuddin
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000175:diagnosis*