Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis
Introduction Axial spondyloarthritis has characteristic clinical features such as enthesitis, sacroiliitis and spondylitis, and extra-articular manifestations. Sacroiliitis (SI) occurs as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac joint. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac (SI) joints is...
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| author | Emel Gönüllü Yasemin Gündüz Ünal Erkorkmaz Aysel Toçoğlu Damla Karataş Zeynep Öztürk Fevziye Türkoğlu Genç Ahmet Burak Kara Ahmed Cihad Genç |
| author_facet | Emel Gönüllü Yasemin Gündüz Ünal Erkorkmaz Aysel Toçoğlu Damla Karataş Zeynep Öztürk Fevziye Türkoğlu Genç Ahmet Burak Kara Ahmed Cihad Genç |
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Axial spondyloarthritis has characteristic clinical features such as enthesitis, sacroiliitis and spondylitis, and extra-articular manifestations. Sacroiliitis (SI) occurs as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac joint. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac (SI) joints is used to detect early sacroiliitis. Sometimes, there can be variations in the interpretation of MRI findings of the SI joint among observers. Our aim was to investigate the inter-observer agreement among the observers.
Materials and methods
The study included the MRI results of 1150 patients who were diagnosed with active or chronic sacroiliitis based on the findings from sacroiliac MRIs, or whose MRI was deemed indicative of sacroiliitis by the rheumatologist. 1150 MRIs were re-evaluated by a different and expert radiologist.
Results
Out of the total 1150 patients investigated within the scope of this study. A statistically significant disparity emerged between the assessments provided by the expert radiologists and those obtained from outsourced radiologist evaluations.
Conclusion
The diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy may be delayed for some reasons. If the patient's clinic and MRI report are not consistent, the patient should not be removed from follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a66f18e9a6f41e3923fd6e24be4e8122024-01-21T07:40:07ZengSakarya UniversitySakarya Tıp Dergisi2146-409X2023-09-0113347247710.31832/smj.134467528Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active SacroiliitisEmel Gönüllü0Yasemin Gündüz1Ünal Erkorkmaz2Aysel Toçoğlu3Damla Karataş4Zeynep Öztürk5Fevziye Türkoğlu Genç6Ahmet Burak Kara7Ahmed Cihad Genç8SAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYSAKARYA UNIVERSITYIntroduction Axial spondyloarthritis has characteristic clinical features such as enthesitis, sacroiliitis and spondylitis, and extra-articular manifestations. Sacroiliitis (SI) occurs as a result of inflammation of the sacroiliac joint. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of sacroiliac (SI) joints is used to detect early sacroiliitis. Sometimes, there can be variations in the interpretation of MRI findings of the SI joint among observers. Our aim was to investigate the inter-observer agreement among the observers. Materials and methods The study included the MRI results of 1150 patients who were diagnosed with active or chronic sacroiliitis based on the findings from sacroiliac MRIs, or whose MRI was deemed indicative of sacroiliitis by the rheumatologist. 1150 MRIs were re-evaluated by a different and expert radiologist. Results Out of the total 1150 patients investigated within the scope of this study. A statistically significant disparity emerged between the assessments provided by the expert radiologists and those obtained from outsourced radiologist evaluations. Conclusion The diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy may be delayed for some reasons. If the patient's clinic and MRI report are not consistent, the patient should not be removed from follow-up.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3339060ankylosing spondylitismagnetic resonance imaginginter-observer agreementankilozan spondilitmanyetik rezonans görüntülemegözlemciler arası uyum |
| spellingShingle | Emel Gönüllü Yasemin Gündüz Ünal Erkorkmaz Aysel Toçoğlu Damla Karataş Zeynep Öztürk Fevziye Türkoğlu Genç Ahmet Burak Kara Ahmed Cihad Genç Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis Sakarya Tıp Dergisi ankylosing spondylitis magnetic resonance imaging inter-observer agreement ankilozan spondilit manyetik rezonans görüntüleme gözlemciler arası uyum |
| title | Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis |
| title_full | Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis |
| title_fullStr | Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis |
| title_short | Interobserver Agreement in Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Active Sacroiliitis |
| title_sort | interobserver agreement in magnetic resonance imaging of active sacroiliitis |
| topic | ankylosing spondylitis magnetic resonance imaging inter-observer agreement ankilozan spondilit manyetik rezonans görüntüleme gözlemciler arası uyum |
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