Magnetic resonance imaging features of Familial Mediterranean Fever associated spondyloarthritis

Methods Twenty-nine patients followed up in our clinic with FMF-SPA who fulfilled ASAS classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis. To figure out only characteristics of FMF-SPA, we excluded those patients with psoriasis, Crohn disease/ulcerative colitis or positive HLA-B27 tests. Patient demographics, clinical features and MEFV mutation analyzes were recorded. All patients underwent sacroiliac and spinal contrast enhanced MR examination. T1, T2 weighted images (WI), STIR sequence and post-contrast fat saturated T1 WI were used to define MRI features.