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From: Anterior chest wall inflammation by whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in patients with spondyloarthritis: lack of association between clinical and imaging findings in a cross-sectional study

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Inflammatory lesions of the anterior chest wall displayed by whole-body MRI in an AS patient complaining about chest wall pain. Bone marrow edema (arrows) in both parts of the manubriosternal joint on coronal and sagittal short Ï„ inversion recovery (STIR) sequences in a 46-year-old human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27)-positive male patient with ankylosing spondylitis and anterior chest wall pain. He had a 6-year history of inflammatory back pain. The arrowheads point to the mammary veins.

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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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