Ten-year follow-up of degenerative spinal lesions on radiographs and MRI in axial spondyloarthritis: results of the DESIR (DEvenir des spondylarthropathies indifférenciées récentes) cohort.

Objectives: To investigate the occurrence of spinal degenerative lesions (DL)s in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) inception cohort in radiographs and MRI over 10 years (10Y), to assess their changes over time and factors associated with them.

Methods: Whole spine MRI and cervical and lumbar spine radiographs at baseline/5Y/10Y of patients with axSpA from the DESIR cohort were assessed for DLs by three readers. For descriptive analyses, DLs were defined by agreement between ≥ 2/3 readers or using the average of their assessments, at the patient level (≥ 1 lesion/patient).

Added value of fetal MRI in fetuses with suspected brain abnormalities on neurosonography: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: To evaluate the additional diagnostic value of fetal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in fetuses with suspected brain abnormalities identified with advanced neurosonography (NS).

Methods: A systematic literature search was performed for studies reporting on a comparison between diagnosis with NS and MRI, in fetuses suspected for brain abnormalities. Abnormalities detected on NS were compared with those detected on MRI as well as with postnatal imaging findings to assess the added value of fetal MRI.