PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ashish J.  Mathew
AU  - Simon Krabbe
AU  - Richard Kirubakaran
AU  - Andrew J.  Barr
AU  - Philip G.  Conaghan
AU  - Paul Bird
AU  - Mikkel Østergaard
TI  - Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis and Monitoring Enthesitis in Patients with Spondyloarthritis: an OMERACT Systematic Literature Review
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.181083
DP  - 2019 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.181083
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/01/23/jrheum.181083.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/01/23/jrheum.181083.full
AB  - Objective A systematic literature review was performed to document published MRI lesion definitions and scoring systems for enthesitis in SpA. Methods PubMed, EMBase and Cochrane library databases were searched for original publications involving adult SpA patients undergoing MRI of axial/peripheral joints. Selected articles were assessed for quality using a standardised assessment tool and metric indices. Results Considering the heterogeneous nature, quality and outcome measures of studies, statistical data pooling was considered inappropriate. A qualitative narrative of results was undertaken based on study designs. Conclusion Lack of a comprehensive, validated score warrants additional research to develop an MRI enthesitis scoring system.