中轴型脊柱关节炎MRI诊断新进展

New progress in the MRI diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis

中轴型脊柱关节炎是威胁人类健康及生活质量的常见疾病,以往常因难于早期诊断而延误治疗以致患者脊柱、关节的不可逆性损害。当出现明显临床表现及阳性实验室指标和影像学表现时,病情已发展为晚期且出现不可逆的软骨结构性改变,此时已失去了最佳治疗时间。随着MRI及其各类新技术的发展,其不仅能精确检出早期脊柱关节炎,还能对病情进行定量分析。笔者就MRI新技术在早期脊柱关节炎诊断中的应用价值予以综述。

Axial spondyloarthritis is a common disease that threatens human health and quality of life.In the past,the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis was delayed due to the difficulty of early diagnosis,resulting in irreversible damage to the spine and joints.However,with the development and application of MRI and its new technologies in recent years,especially relaxation time map imaging,not only can early spondyloarthritis be accurately detected but its quantitative analysis can also be achieved.This article introduces the value of relaxation time map imaging in the diagnosis of early spondyloarthritis.