ReviewSkeletal radiology2019
MRI and ultrasound of the hands and wrists in rheumatoid arthritis. I. Imaging findings.
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- Joint swelling in the hand in rheumatoid arthritis: agreement between clinical evaluation, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and patient self-evaluation.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Understanding Ultrasound Power Doppler Synovitis at Clinically Quiescent Joints and Thermographic Joint Inflammation Assessment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Automated quantification of wrist bone marrow oedema, pre- and post-treatment, in early rheumatoid arthritis.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2024Article
- Inflammatory Processes Affecting Bone Health and Repair.Current osteoporosis reports · 2023Review
- Towards a simplified fluid-sensitive MRI protocol in small joints of the hand in early arthritis patients: reliability between modified Dixon and regular Gadolinium enhanced TSE fat saturated MRI-sequences.Skeletal radiology · 2023Article
- Synthetic Inflammation Imaging with PatchGAN Deep Learning Networks.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparison and correlation study of synovial ultrasound indices and serum VEGF in rheumatoid wrist arthritis before and after treatment.Clinical rheumatology · 2022Article
- A Narrative Literature Review Comparing the Key Features of Musculoskeletal Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.Rheumatology and therapy · 2022Review
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- Magnetic resonance imaging of rheumatological diseases.Polish journal of radiology · 2022Review
- MRI of Hands with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Usefulness of Three-Point Dixon Sequences to Quantitatively Assess Disease Activity.Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology · 2022Article
- Stenosing tenosynovitis of the extensor digitorum tendons of the hand: clinical and sonographic features.Skeletal radiology · 2021Article
- MRI wrist in early rheumatoid arthritis: reduction in inflammation assessed quantitatively during treatment period correlates best with clinical improvement.Skeletal radiology · 2021Article
- Mapping theme trends and recognizing research hot spots in the use of ultrasound in orthopaedics: a bibliometric analysis of global research.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Anterior chest wall in SAPHO syndrome: magnetic resonance imaging findings.Arthritis research & therapy · 2020Article
- The Use of Oral Analgesics and Pain Self-Efficacy Are Independent Predictors of the Quality of Life of Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis.Pain research & management · 2020Article
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Abstract
The management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has rapidly evolved with the development of newer disease-modifying drugs and the recognition that long-term damage can be mitigated by an earlier and more-informed use of these medications. Historically, radiographs were the mainstay of imaging in RA patients, but radiographic joint narrowing and erosions are late and insensitive findings in the disease. MRI (with intravenous contrast agent) and ultrasound (with power Doppler interrogation) of the hands and wrists are able to demonstrate erosions earlier and with greater sensitivity than radiographs. More importantly, these imaging studies also depict synovitis and active soft-tissue inflammation, which represents a precursor to structural damage. Additionally, MRI can show inflammation within the bones (osteitis), which is proving to be the most important prognosticator of an aggressive disease course. Part I of this review discusses the imaging techniques, pitfalls, definitions, and comparative studies of MRI and ultrasound for identifying and quantifying erosions, synovitis, and osteitis. Part II will demonstrate how these imaging findings influence the clinical management of RA patients throughout their disease course, from presentation through clinical remission.
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