Should radiologists image and report sacroiliac joints in patients referred for examination of the lumbar spine?
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Abstract
It is routine to image the sacroiliac joints (SIJs) in patients referred for radiographic examination of the lumbar spine but there were only two consistent with ankylosing spondylitis in a review of 392 radiographic reports of lumbar spine examinations. A more sensible policy would be to only image and report on the SIJs if the clinical history were indicative of ankylosing spondylosis.
Medical subject headings
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Sacroiliac Joint
- Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Anatomy
- lumbar spine
- sacrum-coccyx