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Ultrasound of ankles in the diagnosis of complications of chikungunya fever.
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- Detection of musculoskeletal inflammatory lesions in patients with chronic chikungunya infection using 3T whole-body magnetic resonance imaging.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2024Article
- The Development and Evaluation of a Combined Infection-Rheumatology Assessment Service in Response to the Chikungunya Fever Epidemic.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Chronic Chikungunya Virus Disease.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2022Article
- Chikungunya fever and lymphedema of limbs.Jornal vascular brasileiro · 2020Article
- Carpal tunnel syndrome observed after an arbovirus infection: A preliminary case series report.eNeurologicalSci · 2018Article
- Disseminated intramuscular cysticercosis diagnosed incidentally in a patient with joint pain.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe the main ultrasound findings of chikungunya fever in the ankle. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis was a cross-sectional observational study involving 52 patients referred to the Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto and presenting with clinical and biochemical evidence of chikungunya fever. The examinations were performed by a radiologist with more than 20 years of experience in ultrasound.
resultsThe predominant gender was female (in 88.5%), and the mean age was 58.4 years. The majority (61.5%) of the patients came from the northern part of the city of Rio de Janeiro, and 46.2% were using corticosteroids to treat inflammatory symptoms. The most common alterations observed by ultrasound were joint effusion (in 69.2%), tenosynovitis (in 59.6%), cellulitis (in 46.2%), Kager's fat pad thickening (in 29.9%), myositis (of the soleus or flexor hallucis longus muscle) (in 17.3%), retrocalcaneal bursitis (in 5.8%), tendon ruptures (in 3.8%), and increased vascular flow on power Doppler (in 3.8%).
conclusionSigns of synovitis and tenosynovitis were the main ultrasound findings in a predominantly female population with a mean age of 58.4 years. Further studies are needed in order to define the role of ultrasound in the follow-up of such patients.
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