Comparison of CT Scan Aspects of the Manubriosternal Joint Between Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis and Control Subjects
The aim of this study is to define structural damage to the manubriosternal joint (MST) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) by comparing its CT scan aspects between a population of patients with radiographic (axSpA) and a control population free of chronic inflammatory rheumatism.
⁃ axSpA population:
• Adults aged 18 to 69 years,
• Diagnosis of axSpA according to the ASAS 2009 criteria,
• Hospitalized in the Rheumatology Department of the NOVO Hospital (Pontoise site) from 01/01/2015 to 30/10/2022 and had a Chest CT scan with images available in the hospital's computer system,
• Informed of the study and did not object.
⁃ Control population:
• Adults aged 18 to 69 years,
• Day hospitalization in the pneumology department of the NOVO Hospital (Pontoise site) from 01/01/2015 to 30/10/2022 and having had a lung scan on this occasion,
• Informed of the study and did not object.