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Tests and diagnosis
By Mayo Clinic staffScreening and diagnosis of sacroiliitis is difficult, but your doctor may confirm a diagnosis based on:
- Localized pain that seems to be on or around your sacroiliac joints, which a doctor can determine by pressing on your sacroiliac region while you move in certain ways to gently stress the sacroiliac joint
- X-rays of your sacroiliac joints
- CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of your sacroiliac joints
- Cultures of fluid from the sacroiliac joint
- Blood culture, if the cause appears to be an infection
