Abstract
To estimate the prevalence of atypical anatomical morphologies at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) in young adults by CT and analyze the diagnostic ability of MRI to detect the variations in addition to concomitant MRI findings that could be misdiagnosed as inflammatory changes. The study sample constituted CT examinations of 155 individuals aged 18-40years and prospectively collected comparative SIJ MRI examinations of 49, who also filled out a questionnaire on back and buttock pain. The CT and MRIs were analyzed by two musculoskeletal radiologists regarding seven SIJ variations and additional subchondral bone marrow edema (BME) by MRI. CT and MRI interobserver agreements were good or very good for most variations. Mean age of the 155 individuals was 28years, 99 (64%) were males; 88 (57%) had at least one SIJ variation, and most frequent were dysmorphic cartilaginous joint facets (n = 33, 21%), bipartite iliac bony plate (n = 27, 17%), accessory SIJ (n = 24, 16%), and iliosacral complex (n = 18, 12%), with a female predominance of all variations. The ability of MRI to detect the frequent variations was satisfying. Dysmorphic cartilaginous joint facets, accessory SIJ, and iliosacral complex were frequently observed in individuals reporting symptoms and were accompanied by BME, often located anteriorly in sacrum/inferiorly in ilium. Atypical SIJ morphology is frequent in young adults, especially females, demanding further research into the anatomical natural variation. Most of the variations were detectable by MRI and three variations warrant further exploration as they often were accompanied by symptoms and/or BME.
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