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Fig. 3C 43-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis for 20 years.
Laboratory results and clinical findings were as follows: C-reactive protein,
17.5 mg/L; erythrocyte sedimentation rate, 34 mm/h; Bath Ankylosing
Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), 42.8; Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis
Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), 41.8; inflammatory back pain score, 41.5;
nocturnal back pain score, 62; total back pain score, 63. Coronal T1-weighted
MR image shows sclerosis and fusion of sacroiliac joint (arrows).