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Inflammation and Infection: Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT

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Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) belongs to the group of conditions known as axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) and is a chronic, autoinflammatory disease predominantly affecting the axial skeleton. Bone SPECT/CT can provide a comprehensive assessment of the spine and sacroiliac joints in patients with AS, even though MRI is likely more sensitive in early stages of the disease. This chapter describes the typical findings of AS on bone SPECT/CT.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MICA – IPPON), University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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  1. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

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    Gopinath Gnanasegaran

  2. Antwerp University Hospital, Wirijk, Belgium

    Tim Van den Wyngaert

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Van den Wyngaert, T., Strobel, K. (2023). Inflammation and Infection: Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Van den Wyngaert, T., Gnanasegaran, G., Strobel, K. (eds) Clinical Atlas of Bone SPECT/CT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26449-8_106

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