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Introduction to Spine Imaging and Sacroiliac Imaging

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This chapter discusses the approach to assessing MRI changes in the spine and sacroiliac joints. Through analysis of multiple case presentations and examples of MRI, CT, and radiographic imaging, various spine and sacroiliac disorders are described such as degenerative disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and seronegative spondyloarthropathy, including ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory bowel disease arthritis. Also illustrated are examples of infection, renal osteodystrophy, metastasis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), and spinal stenosis.

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  1. Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    Merve Ozen & Mehmet Kocak

  2. Cook County Health, Department of Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Anupam Basu

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  1. Rush University Medical Center, Section of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Robert S. Katz

  2. Cook County Health, Department of Radiology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Anupam Basu

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Ozen, M., Kocak, M., Basu, A. (2020). Introduction to Spine Imaging and Sacroiliac Imaging. In: Katz, R., Basu, A. (eds) Diagnostic Radiology of the Rheumatic Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25116-1_10

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