Acute Unilateral Sacroiliitis Mimicking Infection on Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Response to Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs: A Distinct Presentation of Spondyloarthritis?

Acute Unilateral Sacroiliitis Mimicking Infection on Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Response to Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs: A Distinct Presentation of Spondyloarthritis? J Rheumatol. 2018 Aug 15;: Authors: Dubash S, Pease C, Aslam A, Coady D, McGonagle D, Marzo-Ortega H Abstract Sacroiliitis is associated with the spondyloarthropathies (SpA) including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and reactive arthritis (ReA), and may be visualized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Here, we describe 4 cases of acute unilateral sacroiliitis with florid MRI appearances that mimicked infection but demonstrated a prompt and complete response to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID). PMID: 30111637 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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