Table 4

Lumbar spine involvement

Ankylosing spondylitisEnteropathic spondylitisPsoriatic spondylitisReactive arthritis
Number of films available (no of cases)78/9125/3128/345/7
Worst grade (number (%)) grades 3–443 (55)10 (40)7 (25)1 (20)
Number (%) symmetry4-150 38/52 (73)8/16 (50)4/14 (29)2/3 (67)
Paravertebral ossification (number (%))1 (1)1 (4)1 (4)0
Chunky syndesmophytes (number (%))4-150 12/52 (23)3/16 (19)5/14 (36)1/3 (33)
Ligamentous calcification (number (%))11 (14)1 (4)1 (4)0
Squaring (number (%))15 (19)1 (4)1 (4)0
Romanus lesion (number (%))17 (22)04 (14)3 (60)
Spinal pseudarthrosis (number (%))2 (3)01 (4)0
Zygoapophyseal ankylosis (number (%))16 (21)4 (16)00
Discitis (number (%))5 (6)2 (8)1 (4)0
Bamboo spine (number (%))9 (12)3 (12)00
  • 4-150 Note data on symmetry and syndesmophyte morphology only apply to severity grades 2–4: the number of available films is given by the denominator.