Quantitative sacroiliac joint scintigraphy. A critical assessment. 1979

G Ho, and N Sadovnikoff, and C M Malhotra, and B C Claunch

With quantitative sacroiliac joint scintigraphy (QSS), sacroiliac joint-to-sacrum (SIS) ratios greater than or equal to 1.40 are abnormal for our method. High SIS ratios are associated with roentgenographically appreciated sacroiliitis and with early clinically evident sacroiliitis. Although highly sensitive, QSS abnormalities are not specific for inflammatory sacroiliac (SI) joint disease. High SIS ratios are also seen in rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative abnormalities of the lumbosacral spine, and metabolic bone disorder. Other disorders with roentgenographic SI joint abnormalities must be studied scintigraphically before QSS can be employed as a useful diagnostic test.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007592 Joint Diseases Diseases involving the JOINTS. Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
D011877 Radionuclide Imaging The production of an image obtained by cameras that detect the radioactive emissions of an injected radionuclide as it has distributed differentially throughout tissues in the body. The image obtained from a moving detector is called a scan, while the image obtained from a stationary camera device is called a scintiphotograph. Gamma Camera Imaging,Radioisotope Scanning,Scanning, Radioisotope,Scintigraphy,Scintiphotography,Imaging, Gamma Camera,Imaging, Radionuclide
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012446 Sacroiliac Joint The immovable joint formed by the lateral surfaces of the SACRUM and ILIUM. Joint, Sacroiliac,Joints, Sacroiliac,Sacroiliac Joints

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