Fig. 7From: MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis: the many faces of new bone formationVertebral corner bridging. a Sagittal T1-weighted MR imaging acquired in a 57-year-old man with SpA shows bridging syndesmophytes (arrows), and (b) radiography of the same vertebrae confirms these vertebral corner bridges (arrows) resulting in a “bamboo spine” configuration. Note that the smaller anterior syndesmophytes are more clearly visualized on radiograph than MRI, which is typicalBack to article page