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Are there circumstances when you may consider imaging enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis?

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Rheumatology · Boston University School of Medicine

If you already know that there is "enthesitis", then there may not be a reason for imaging. However, there are a few circumstances to consider imaging entheses in a patient with psoriatic arthritis:

1) When there is concomitant widespread pain syndrome and the enthesis is tender but not swollen on ph...

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Rheumatology · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Enthesitis is in the eye of the beholder: so many patients I pick up have plantar fasciitis and hla b27 pos. When I ask what was going on in life it's always: I was a waitress working two jobs, I picked up running, etc. This is a wonderful answer above but enthesitis begins with a ROS for MSK, overu...

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