General Internal Medicine

Ultrasound

Questions discussed in this category

How do you interpret small joint effusions seen on ultrasound without power doppler signal in the setting of compatible inflammatory symptoms (i.e morning stiffness)?

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

What imaging modality would be most helpful?

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When performing salivary gland ultrasound for Sjogren's, what else do you include in the differential diagnosis?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of clinical medicine, 2022 Apr 21

Ultrasound of the Heel Improves Diagnosis-Tender Entheses in the Heel Region Rarely Corresponds to Inflammatory Enthesitis in Patients with Peripheral Spondyloarthritis.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2020 Feb 11

Assessment of enthesis in patients with psoriatic arthritis and fibromyalgia using clinical examination and ultrasound.

Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 Dec 29

Use of Ultrasonography to Discriminate Psoriatic Arthritis from Fibromyalgia: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the ULISSE Study.

Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 2022 Mar 01

Ultrasound evaluation of the Achilles enthesis in inflammatory and non-inflammatory processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2011 Jul 28

Do non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have a significant effect on detection and grading of ultrasound-detected synovitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Results from a randomised study.

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