Keywords:
Radiographers, Musculoskeletal joint, MR, Comparative studies, Imaging sequences, Demineralisation-Bone, Inflammation
Authors:
S. ELFAKIR, M. OUALI IDRISSI, N. Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni; Marrakech/MA
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-1932
Aims and objectives
The sacroiliac (SI) joint is a complex anatomical region that make it one of the more challenging joints to image.
This articulation has several interesting features.
Despite being the largest joint in the axial skeleton and supportting the weight of the entire torso,
it is usually the earliest joint being affected in patients with spondyloarthritis.
Thereby,
many pathologies can affect the sacroiliac joint,
some of which have specific characteristics,
while others are confusing.
We will be interested in this work particularly to inflammatory and degenerative disorders of the sacroiliac joints whose distinction is not always obvious.
The purpose of this study is to Illustrate the role of medical imaging in the distinction between inflammatory and degenerative sacroiliac joint disease.