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- Title
Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis and Monitoring Enthesitis in Patients with Spondyloarthritis: An OMERACT Systematic Literature Review.
- Authors
Mathew, Ashish J.; Krabbe, Simon; Kirubakaran, Richard; Barr, Andrew J.; Conaghan, Philip G.; Bird, Paul; Østergaard, Mikkel
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>A systematic literature review was performed to document published magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion definitions and scoring systems for enthesitis in spondyloarthritis (SpA).<bold>Methods: </bold>PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for original publications involving adult patients with SpA undergoing MRI of axial/peripheral joints. Selected articles were assessed for quality using a standardized assessment tool and metric indices.<bold>Results: </bold>Considering the heterogeneous design, quality, and outcome measures of studies, statistical data pooling was considered inappropriate. A qualitative narrative of results was undertaken based on study designs.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Lack of a comprehensive, validated score warrants additional research to develop an MRI enthesitis scoring system. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42018090537.
- Publication
Journal of Rheumatology, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 9, p1207
- ISSN
0315-162X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3899/jrheum.181083