Destructive Diskovertebral Lesions in Ankylosing Spondylitis

SEBUH KURUGOGLU, ISMAIL MIHMANLI, KAYA KANBEROGLU, AYFER KANBEROGLU
2001 Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala. Print)  
We report magnetic resonance imaging findings of diskovertebral lesions in a case of ankylosing spondylitis mimicking metastatic and/or infectious disease. Multiple hypointense areas were seen on T1-weighted images corresponding to hyperintense areas on T2-weighted images in dorsal, lumbar, and sacral vertebral bodies and the manubriosternal joint, with accompanying soft tissue masses. Diagnosis was achieved through biopsy, regression of the paravertebral soft tissue masses, later detection of
more » ... ilateral sacroiliitis on computed tomography, and presence of histocompatibility antigen HLA-B27.
doi:10.1097/00007611-200108000-00017 fatcat:5x5j5y4h75epfglkj6xrfsuuze