Causes of sacroiliitis - symmetric vs asymmetric (mnemonic)

Last revised by Andrew Murphy on 23 Mar 2023

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Citation:

Clopton D, Murphy A, Estby H, et al. Causes of sacroiliitis - symmetric vs asymmetric (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 20 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-25174

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-25174

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/25174?iframe=true

rID:

25174

Article created:

10 Oct 2013, David Clopton

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created David Clopton had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

23 Mar 2023, Andrew Murphy ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Andrew Murphy had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

14 times, by 11 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Sections:

Mnemonics

Tags:

sacroiliac joint

Synonyms:

PAIR (mnemonic)

A mnemonic for remembering the symmetric vs asymmetric causes of sacroiliitis is:

PAIR

Mnemonic

The asymmetric letters (P and R) are the asymmetric causes

The symmetric letters (A and I) are the symmetric causes.

(This mnemonic was developed by Dr Joe Donahue)

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