Table 1

 Diagnosis and ESSG criteria in 29 patients with spondyloarthropathy

PatientAge (years)SexDiagnosisDate of diagnosisESSG synovitis *ESSG spinal pain †ESSG criterion‡Other ESSG criteria§
*Synovitis (asymmetric or predominantly in the lower limbs); †inflammatory spinal pain; ‡inflammatory spinal pain or synovitis (asymmetric or predominantly in the lower limbs), together with at least one of the following: positive family history, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), urethritis, acute diarrhoea, alternating buttock pain, enthesopathy, or sacroiliitis as determined by radiography of the pelvic region; §at least one of the following: positive family history, psoriasis, IBD, urethritis, or acute diarrhoea, alternating buttock pain, enthesopathy, or sacroiliitis as determined by radiography of the pelvic region (unilateral stage III or bilateral stage II).
PsA, psoriatic arthritis; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; F, female; M, male.
151FAS1994+++Enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
250FUndifferentiated1984+++Psoriasis, enthesitis, buttock pain
331FPsA1997++Psoriasis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
426FUndifferentiated?++Family history
567MAS1992++Enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
645FAS1990++Family history, enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
733MAS1990++Family history, enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
843MPsA1991++Psoriasis, enthesitis, buttock pain,
921MUndifferentiated?+++Family history, psoriasis, infection
1050MAS1985+++Family history, sacroiliitis
1170FAS and PsA1992++Family history, psoriasis, infection, enthesitis, sacroiliitis
1278FPsA1970+++Family history, psoriasis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
1323FPsA1992++Family history, psoriasis
1443FPsA1986++Psoriasis, sacroiliitis
1560MPsA1967+++Buttock pain, sacroiliitis
1652FUndifferentiated1990++
1766FAS1979++Family history, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
1836MAS1988+++Buttock pain, sacroiliitis
1966FAS1972++Enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
2031FAS1997++Family history, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
2140FPsA1991++Psoriasis, buttock pain
2227MAS1990+++Enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
2339MAS1992++Enthesitis, buttock pain, sacroiliitis
2468FAS1988++Buttock pain
2532FAS1995++Family history, buttock pain
2657FPsA1989+++Psoriasis, buttock pain
2769MPsA1960++Psoriasis, enthesitis, IBD
2853MPsA1975++Family history, psoriasis
2963FPsA1995++Family history, psoriasis, infection