Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases

Iwona Sudol-Szopińska*, Anne Grethe Jurik, Iris Eshed, Jans Lennart, Andrew Grainger, Mikkel Ostergaard, Andrea Klauser, Anne Cotten, Marius C. Wick, Mario Maas, Falk Miese, Niels Egund, Nathalie Boutry, Mitja Rupreht, Monique Reijnierse, Edwin H.G. Oei, Reinhard Meier, Phil O'Connor, Antoine Feydy, Vasco MascarenhasAthena Plagou, Paolo Simoni, Hannes Platzgummer, Winston J. Rennie, Adam Mester, James Teh, Philip Robinson, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Gunnar Åström, Claudia Schueller-Weiderkamm

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Abstract

This article presents the recommendations of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis Subcommittee regarding the standards of the use of MRI in the diagnosis of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases. The recommendations discuss (1) the role of MRI in current classification criteria of musculoskeletal rheumatic diseases (including early diagnosis of inflammation, disease follow-up, and identification of disease complications); (2) the impact of MRI on the diagnosis of axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile spondyloarthritis; (3) MRI protocols for the axial and peripheral joints; (4) MRI interpretation and reporting for axial and peripheral joints; and finally, (5) methods for assessing MR images including quantitative, semiquantitative, and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)396-411
Number of pages16
JournalSeminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2015

Keywords

  • arthritis
  • diagnosis
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • sacroiliitis
  • spondyloarthritis

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