Effect of Characteristic Inflammatory and Structural Pelvic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lesions on Expert Assessment of Axial Juvenile Spondyloarthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the influence of pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings on axial disease assessment in juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of patients with JSpA with suspected axial disease. Three experts reviewed each case and rated their confidence (-3 to +3) in the presence of axial disease, first with clinical data and second with clinical and MRI data. Agreement was defined as ≥ 2/3 clinical experts with a rating of ≤ -1 or ≥ 1, and high confidence agreement as ≤ -2 or ≥ 2. The association of clinical features and both global assessments was tested with modified Poisson regression models.

Results

Two hundred seventy-two of 303 cases (89.8%) achieved agreement with clinical data alone. Adding imaging data aff

SUBMITTER: Mayer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11788049 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature