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Psoriatic arthritis CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Chandrakala Yannam, MD [2], Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [3]

Overview

Overview

CT scan of patients with psoriatic arthritis involving spinal column and sacroiliac joints may show erosions, synovitis, sacroiliitis and bone ankylosis.

CT scan

CT scan

Findings on CT scan involving the spine or sacroiliac joints suggestive of psoriatic arthritis include:^[1]
- Erosions
- Synovitis
- Bone ankylosis
- Sacroiliitis
- joint space narrowing

Joint erosion seen in left sacroiliac joint in psoriatic arthritis, courtesy of slideshare.net

References

References

↑ Sankowski AJ, Lebkowska UM, Cwikła J, Walecka I, Walecki J (January 2013). “Psoriatic arthritis”. Pol J Radiol. 78 (1): 7–17. doi:10.12659/PJR.883763. PMC 3596149. PMID 23493653.

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