Comparative analysis of whole spine and sacroiliac joint magnetic resonance SPARCC scores in patients with SAPHO syndrome and ankylosing spondylitis.
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and SAPHO syndrome both involve the spine and sacroiliac joints with bone marrow edema (BME) on MRI, which can lead to spinal structural damage. No previous study has compared BME characteristics between the two diseases. 42 SAPHO and 60 AS patients w…