Unilateral sacroiliitis: differentiating infective and inflammatory etiology by magnetic resonance imaging and tissue studies

ConclusionMRI had high sensitivity (71%) and 100% specificity in diagnosing inflammatory sacroiliitis while it had low specificity, but 100% sensitivity for diagnosing infective sacroiliitis. Hence, patients diagnosed as inflammatory sacroiliitis in MRI are unlikely to benefit from further tissue studies while percutaneous biopsy is recommended in patients diagnosed in MRI as infective sacroiliitis.Graphical abstract
Source: European Spine Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research