Table 5

Thoracic spine involvement

Ankylosing spondylitisEnteropathic spondylitisPsoriatic spondylitisReactive arthritis
Number of films available (no of cases)64/9113/3114/344/7
Worst grade (number (%)) grades 3–429 (45)4 (31)5 (36)1 (25)
Number (%) symmetry5-150 24/40 (60)4/5 (80)2/6 (33)0
Paravertebral ossification (number (%))1 (2)000
Chunky syndesmophytes (number (%))5-150 2/40 (5)04/6 (67)1/2 (50)
Ligamentous calcification (number (%))9 (14)02 (14)0
Squaring (number (%))7 (11)000
Romanus lesions (number (%))9 (14)02 (14)1 (25)
Spinal pseudarthrosis (number (%))1 (2)000
Zygoapophyseal ankylosis (number (%))7 (11)000
Discitis (number (%))4 (6)000
Bamboo spine (number (%))8 (13)2 (15)00
  • 5-150 Note data on symmetry and syndesmophyte morphology only apply to severity grades 2–4: the number of available films is given by the denominator.