ReviewFrontiers in medicine2020
Ultrasound Imaging in Psoriatic Arthritis: What Have We Learnt in the Last Five Years?
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- Exploring clusters based on ultrasound-detected inflammation in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a post-hoc analysis from the ULTIMATE trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Trial
- The Role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Psoriatic Arthritis: From Preclinical Detection to Treatment Monitoring.Current rheumatology reports · 2026Review
- Development and validation of a new ultrasound score (SONAR-7) for synovitis in psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis.RMD open · 2026Article
- Beyond skin deep: total-body positron emission tomography to illuminate systemic inflammation in psoriatic arthritis.Current opinion in immunology · 2025Review
- Ultrasound tissue characterization and function of Achilles tendon in psoriatic arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Physical component of SF-36 is associated with measures of disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a real-life study from a tertiary referral centre.Rheumatology international · 2024Article
- Significant functional impairment and disability in individuals with psoriatic arthritis and Achilles tendon pain: a cross-sectional observational study.Rheumatology international · 2024Observational
- Ultrasonographic Synovitis Is Associated with the Development of Joint Destruction in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Sonographic assessment of Achilles tendon in patients with cutaneous psoriasis.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2024Article
- The role of ultrasound in screening subclinical psoriatic arthritis in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.European radiology · 2023Article
- Pachydermodactyly: the role of ultrasonography, superb microvascular imaging, and elastography in diagnosis.Skeletal radiology · 2022Article
- Integrating imaging and biomarker assessment to better define psoriatic arthritis and predict response to biologic therapy.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2021Review
- Ultrasound features of Achilles enthesitis in psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2021Article
- Imaging update in inflammatory arthritis.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Hand Erosive Osteoarthritis and Distal Interphalangeal Involvement in Psoriatic Arthritis: The Place of Conservative Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Ultrasound-Verified Peripheral Arthritis in Patients withLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Improving Imaging Modalities in Early Psoriatic Arthritis: The Role of Ultrasound in Early Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a complex heterogeneous disease with multiple inter-related pathologies such as synovitis, enthesitis, tendinopathy, and dactylitis. Clinical assessment is limited in its detail to assess pathology, thus in recent years, ultrasound (US) has become more popular, given its high sensitivity to detect inflammatory arthritis and ability to inform clinical decisions. Although a qualitative technique, US findings can be graded semi-quantitatively for grayscale (GS) and power Doppler (PD). Synovitis is frequently present in inflammatory arthritis pathologies, and in PsA, recent evidence shows a propensity for tendon and entheseal lesions. The presence of flexor tenosynovitis and flexor tendon insertional enthesopathy at accessory pulleys is supportive of the "Deep Koebner" concept. Peri-tendinous inflammation-mutual to PsA or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is associated with soft tissue oedema with PD signal frequently at the flexor tendon compartments in PsA. Research on enthesitis in PsA/PsO has improved understanding in subclinical and clinical PsA, explored associations with progression to PsA, and investigated links to prognosis assessment. Dactylitis is a pathognomonic PsA lesion where US has enhanced knowledge of the disease course and pathology of lesions such as: flexor tenosynovitis; synovitis; and soft tissue oedema. Increased US sensitivity has also brought innovation including promising automated ultrasound scanning techniques. So, what have we learnt in recent years and what are the unmet needs to focus future research initiatives in this disabling disease? This narrative review article assesses the neoteric evidence, bringing into context the knowledge gained and highlighting potential areas of research.
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