ArticlePolish journal of radiology2014
Spectrum of ultrasound pathologies of achilles tendon, plantar aponeurosis and flexor digiti brevis tendon heel entheses in patients with clinically suspected enthesitis.
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- A clinical practice guideline for the screening and assessment of enthesitis in patients with spondyloarthritis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Guideline
- Presence of adipose tissue along the posteromedial tibial border.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Classifications and imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis.Journal of ultrasonography · 2018Article
- Imaging of juvenile spondyloarthritis. Part I: Classifications and radiographs.Journal of ultrasonography · 2017Review
- Evaluation of Elastic Stiffness in Healing Achilles Tendon After Surgical Repair of a Tendon Rupture Using In Vivo Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2016Article
- Role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases in light of ACR/EULAR guidelines.Journal of ultrasonography · 2016Review
- Enthesopathies and enthesitis. Part 2: Imaging studies.Journal of ultrasonography · 2015Review
- Enthesopathies and enthesitis. Part 1. Etiopathogenesis.Journal of ultrasonography · 2015Review
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Abstract
backgroundEnthesitis is considered a characteristic presentation of the second most common group of rheumatoid disorders, i.e. spondyloarthropathies (SpAs), particularly peripheral spondyloarthropathies. At the initial stages, enthesitis may be the only symptom of SpA, particularly in patients lacking the HLA-B27 receptor. MATERIAL/
methodsIn light of diagnostic difficulties with detecting enthesitis in clinical examinations and laboratory investigations, many studies point out the high specificity of imaging studies, and particularly ultrasonography.
resultsA total of 20% Achilles tendon entheses, 45% plantar aponeurosis entheses and 89.5% of flexor digiti brevis tendon entheses were unremarkable. In the remaining cases, the presentation of pathological lesions was not specific to enthesitis and might more likely correspond to degeneration or microinjuries of the entheses, beside the most obvious cases of achillobursitis or Kager's fat pad inflammation.
conclusionsThe studies demonstrated that ultrasound scans rarely confirm the clinical diagnosis of enthesitis.
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