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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37701052/ultrasound-and-mri-of-the-foot-in-children-and-adolescents-newly-diagnosed-with-juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Magdalena Posadzy, Monika Ostrowska, Emil Michalski, Piotr Gietka, Małgorzata Mańczak, Michał Lanckoroński, Marek Leszkiewicz, Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
AIM: To evaluate the spectrum of inflammatory features in foot joints which may be detected on routinely performed ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Two groups of children hospitalized in a reference center for rheumatology, newly diagnosed with JIA and suspected of foot involvement in the course of JIA were included in this retrospective study. In the first group of 47 patients aged 1-18 years, the imaging was restricted to US...
September 2023: Journal of Ultrasonography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37685529/the-usefulness-of-cellular-immune-inflammation-markers-and-ultrasound-evaluation-in-the-assessment-of-disease-activity-in-patients-with-spondyloarthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Bożena Targońska-Stępniak, Krzysztof Grzechnik
BACKGROUND: The systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) and systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) have been introduced as inflammatory markers and predictors of poor prognosis in cancer and cardiovascular diseases. An appropriate evaluation of disease activity in spondyloarthritis (SpA) might be challenging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of cellular immune inflammation markers and ultrasound (US) evaluation of entheses and joints in the assessment of disease activity in SpA patients...
August 23, 2023: Journal of Clinical Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37660536/effects-of-secukinumab-on-synovitis-and-enthesitis-in-patients-with-psoriatic-arthritis-52-week-clinical-and-ultrasound-results-from-the-randomised-double-blind-ultimate-trial-with-open-label-extension
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Philippe Carron, Corine Gaillez, Philip G Conaghan, Esperanza Naredo, Alejandra López-Rdz, Ladislav Šenolt, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Petra Hanova, Ilaria Padovano, Tomas Cazenave, Maria S Stoenoiu, Marina Backhaus, Gaël Mouterde, Weibin Bao, Punit Goyanka, Maarten Boers, Georg Schett
OBJECTIVES: In the ULTIMATE study with an open label extension, we assessed the long-term effect of secukinumab at tissue level on synovitis and enthesitis, and across all psoriatic arthritis (PsA) manifestations, using both clinical evaluations and power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS). METHODS: This randomised, placebo-controlled, Phase 3 study (ULTIMATE) included biologic-naïve patients with PsA with active PDUS synovitis and clinical enthesitis, and inadequate response to conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs...
August 19, 2023: Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37654906/coexistence-of-autoimmune-thyroiditis-and-juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Evdoxia Sapountzi, Vasiliki-Rengina Tsinopoulou, Eleni P Kotanidou, Styliani Giza, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou
PURPOSE: Autoimmune thyroid disease seems to occur more often in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) than in the general pediatric population. We investigated the prevalence of autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) in young patients with JIA in Greece, which has not been evaluated previously. METHODS: This descriptive study included patients with JIA followed up at the Pediatric Rheumatology Unit of the Second Department of Pediatrics of a tertiary general hospital in Thessaloniki, Greece...
August 2023: Curēus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37578016/reactive-arthritis-as-a-rare-complication-of-intravesical-bacillus-calmette-gu%C3%A3-rin-treatment-report-of-two-cases
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Matilde Bandeira, Eduardo Dourado, Filipe Lopes, Catarina Tenazinha, Rita Barros, Sofia C Barreira
Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunotherapy is recommended for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer after transurethral resection. BCG-associated musculoskeletal adverse events are rare. We report two cases of BCG reactive arthritis that were unusually severe and refractory. These describe two male patients who presented with polyarthritis after BCG exposure. Ultrasonography-guided glucocorticoid injections, high-dose systemic glucocorticoids and the institution of sulfasalazine were required for achievement of remission...
August 14, 2023: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37574521/the-burden-of-entheseal-involvement-in-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-a-comparative-ultrasonograghic-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Ahmed Emerah, Shaimaa Mostafa, Lobna Kotb, Yomna Amer, Basma Ismail, Shymaa A Sarhan
BACKGROUND: Imaging is crucial for identifying and diagnosis of the musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms, which are one of the most typical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). For the joints, tendons, and entheseal sites, ultrasonography has shown to be sensitive and accurate for the diagnosis of both inflammation and structural damage. AIM: The goal of the current investigation is to determine the prevalence and the distribution of entheseal abnormalities in SLE patients, using musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSUS) and to assess the relationship between entheseal sonographic changes and the SLE disease activity...
August 14, 2023: Clinical Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37563062/utility-of-musculoskeletal-ultrasound-in-psoriatic-arthritis
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REVIEW
Ryan Malcolm Hum, Anne Barton, Pauline Ho
PURPOSE: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes a variety of musculoskeletal abnormalities. Musculoskeletal ultrasound in PsA is becoming increasingly popular, both in clinical practice and research. This narrative reviews recent literature on the utility of ultrasound in PsA. METHODS: A search of PubMed was used to identify publications written in English, with titles containing the term psoriatic arthritis and either ultrasound, ultrasonography, or sonographic...
August 8, 2023: Clinical Therapeutics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37540167/prevalence-of-ultrasound-and-clinical-findings-suggestive-of-inflammatory-arthritis-in-children-with-skin-psoriasis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Luis Coronel, Hélène Gouze, Tania Gudu, Sophie Ruel-Gagné, Ilaria Padovano, Félicie Costantino, François Vidal, Maxime Breban, Emmanuel Mahé, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of clinical and ultrasound (grey-scale and Doppler) abnormalities in joints, periarticular structures and nails of children affected by skin psoriasis (PsO). METHODS: Cross-sectional study including consecutive children affected by PsO. A systematic clinical and ultrasound evaluation of joints, entheses, tendons and nails were performed by independent examiners blinded to each other assessment. RESULTS: 57 Children: 26 girls (46%), mean age of 9 ± 4 years, divided into two groups, asymptomatic (Asy, 42 children) and symptomatic (Sy, 15 children) according to musculoskeletal pain...
August 4, 2023: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37453739/developing-ultrasound-measures-for-the-early-diagnosis-of-psoriatic-arthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gurjit S Kaeley, Lihi Eder, Sibel Z Aydin
The Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) ultrasound (US) steering committee provided an update at GRAPPA's 2022 annual meeting on activities to enable earlier diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. An update of the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) study included preliminary reliability results for US enthesitis elementary lesions. Common scanning pitfalls were reviewed. New projects included widening the scope of US beyond large entheses and validating small point-of-care US probes to evaluate enthesitis...
July 15, 2023: Journal of Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37443629/nail-ultrasound-in-psoriasis-and-psoriatic-arthritis-a-narrative-review
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REVIEW
Mihaela Agache, Claudiu C Popescu, Luminița Enache, Bianca M Dumitrescu, Cătălin Codreanu
Ultrasonography has advantages for assessing psoriatic arthritis (PsA) due to its ability to evaluate several targets, including joints, entheses, and tendons, but also skin and nails. Although ultrasound is widely used in PsA, nail ultrasound, despite its potential as a non-invasive method for the early detection of inflammation in the nail apparatus, has low applicability in medical practice, as probes with a higher frequency are needed compared with the frequency of probes usually used. In the present article, we have narratively evaluated the studies published in the last 5 years (19 February 2018-18 February 2023) on nail ultrasound value in the diagnosis and monitoring of PsA...
June 30, 2023: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37419627/prologue-group-for-research-and-assessment-of-psoriasis-and-psoriatic-arthritis-grappa-2022-annual-meeting
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Alice B Gottlieb, April W Armstrong, Oliver FitzGerald, Dafna D Gladman
The 2022 annual meeting of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) was held from July 14 to 17, 2022, in New York City, New York, USA, and was attended by 420 rheumatologists, dermatologists, basic scientists, allied health professionals, patient research partners, and industry partners from 31 countries. A GRAPPA executive retreat, a Trainee Symposium, and the Patient Research Partners Network meeting were held prior to the annual meeting. Presentations included updates in basic research, focusing on biomarkers, personalization of treatments, and the promise of single-cell omics, elucidating the pathogenesis of psoriatic disease (PsD)...
July 7, 2023: Journal of Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37357887/ultrasound-assessment-of-entheseal-sites-and-anterior-chest-wall-in-ankylosing-spondylitis-a-cross-sectional-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Haiqin Xie, Gengmin Zhou, Haiyu Luo, Chenyang Zhao, Yusen Zhang, Qian Dong, Heng Lv, Jianqiu Zhong, Jiyang Lv, Weiwei Zhang, Desheng Sun, Qingwen Wang, Li Liu
OBJECTIVES: The study was designed to evaluate entheseal sites and anterior chest wall (ACW) of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using ultrasound (US) and investigate the correlation between disease activity and US score. METHODS: This prospective cross-sectional study included 104 patients with AS and 50 control subjects. Each patient underwent US scanning of 23 entheses and 11 sites of the ACW. The US features, including hypoechogenicity, thickness, erosion, calcification, bursitis, and Doppler signal, were evaluated...
June 26, 2023: Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37189547/ultrasonographic-evaluation-of-entheseal-fibrocartilage-in-patients-with-psoriatic-arthritis-athletes-and-healthy-controls-a-comparison-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Mario Ronga, Silvia Scriffignano, Ennio Lubrano
UNLABELLED: The aims of this study were as follows: (1) To evaluate the entheseal fibrocartilage (EF) during Achilles tendon insertion in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) by using power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS), (2) to assess the intra and inter-reader reliability of the evaluation of EF thickness, (3) to compare the EF thickness of PsA patients, athletes and healthy controls (HCs), and (4) to evaluate the correlations between EF abnormalities, disease activity and functional indices in PsA...
April 17, 2023: Diagnostics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37166435/the-association-between-sonographic-enthesitis-with-sonographic-synovitis-and-tenosynovitis-in-psoriatic-arthritis-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gavriel Balulu, Victoria Furer, Jonathan Wollman, David Levartovsky, Valerie Aloush, Ofir Elalouf, Hagit Sarbagil-Maman, Liran Mendel, Sara Borok, Daphna Paran, Ori Elkayam, Ari Polachek
OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between sonographic enthesitis with sonographic synovitis and tenosynovitis in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients, and the association between sonographic enthesitis and clinical characteristics. METHODS: Consecutive PsA patients that fulfilled the classification for PsA (CASPAR) were prospectively recruited. Each patient was evaluated by comprehensive clinical and sonographic assessment (gray scale and Doppler), the latter including 52 joints, 40 tendons, and 14 entheses (according to MAdrid Sonography Enthesitis Index [MASEI] plus lateral epicondyles) performed by an experienced sonographer blinded to the clinical data...
May 11, 2023: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37163452/characterization-of-a-musculoskeletal-syndrome-of-enthesitis-and-arthritis-in-patients-with-atopic-dermatitis-treated-with-dupilumab-an-interleukin-4-13-inhibitor
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Catherine D Hughes, Joseph Nathan, Libin Mathew, Andrew E Pink, Richard T Woolf, Catherine Smith, Bina Menon, Bruce Kirkham
OBJECTIVE: To characterize the presentation and outcomes of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) who developed musculoskeletal symptoms after treatment with dupilumab, a human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that blocks the functions of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-13, key pathologic pathways in AD. METHODS: This article reports an observational cohort of patients receiving dupilumab who developed new-onset musculoskeletal symptoms after dupilumab therapy at our center...
October 2023: Arthritis & Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37042847/tuberculous-osteomyelitis-of-the-pubic-symphysis-a-case-report-of-a-rare-entity-mimicking-spondyloarthritis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Filipe Oliveira Pinheiro, Pedro Madureira, Maria Seabra Rato, Lúcia Costa
Tuberculosis (TB) osteomyelitis of the pubic symphysis is an extremely rare diagnosis. Axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) is characterized by inflammatory back pain and enthesitis, and involvement of pubic symphysis is very unusual at presentation. A 36-year-old female patient with a history of inflammatory back and pubic pain was referred to Rheumatology. She had a pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggestive of osteitis pubis. She was started on etoricoxib 90mg/day as axial spondyloarthritis was suspected, with no improvement...
2023: ARP Rheumatol
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37005348/the-use-of-ultrasound-to-detect-enthesitis-as-a-potential-guide-for-intervention-in-patients-with-psoriasis-at-risk-of-psoriatic-arthritis-a-systematic-review
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Alexandra Norden, Aislyn Oulee, Mirjana Ivanic, Sogol Stephanie Javadi, George Han, Jashin J Wu
INTRODUCTION: Psoriatic arthritis is estimated to develop in 2% of patients with psoriasis per year and can result in significant morbidity. Early diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis are imperative to prevent irreversible arthritic joint damage. Dermatologists play a key role in identifying patients who are at risk for or with early signs of psoriatic arthritis. Subclinical enthesopathy may be a risk factor for psoriatic arthritis or an early sign of the disease and can be detected using ultrasound...
April 2, 2023: International Journal of Dermatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36929914/prevalence-and-clinical-associations-of-ultrasound-confirmed-enthesitis-in-systemic-lupus-erythematosus
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Filippo Fagni, Alessandra Bettiol, Elena Silvestri, Roberto Fedi, Adalgisa Palermo, Maria Letizia Urban, Ruggero Mazzotta, Danilo Malandrino, Federica Bello, Irene Mattioli, David Simon, Gerardo Di Scala, Georg Schett, Domenico Prisco, Giacomo Emmi
OBJECTIVES: To assess the prevalence of ultrasound (US)-confirmed enthesitis in a cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to analyze the clinical associations to enthesitis during the course of SLE. METHODS: In a retrospective analysis of the SLE cohort of the Lupus Unit of the Careggi University Hospital, US examinations of SLE patients presenting with tender and/or swollen joints were retrieved to assess the presence of enthesitis. Patients with US-proven enthesitis were compared with SLE controls with tender and/or swollen joints who showed no US-evidence of enthesitis...
March 17, 2023: Rheumatology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36896923/factors-associated-with-poor-prognosis-of-hip-arthritis-in-juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis-data-from-the-jir-cohort
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wafa Hamdi, Hanene Ferjani, Raffaella Carlomagno, Perrine Dusser, Stéphane Echaubard, Alexandre Belot, Kenza Bouayed, Carine Wouters, Olivier Richer, Véronique Hentgen, Anne Lohse, Diana Dan, Daniela Kaiser, Catherine Barbier, Elvira Cannizzaro, Sylvaine Poignant, Isabelle Melki, Michaël Hofer
OBJECTIVES: Hip involvement remains a predictor of severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) course and carries a high risk of disability. This study aims to determine the factors of poor prognosis of hip involvement in patients with JIA and to assess the treatment response. METHODS: This is a multicenter observational cohort study. Patients were selected from the JIR Cohort database. Hip involvement was defined as clinically suspected and confirmed by an imaging tool...
March 10, 2023: Musculoskeletal Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/36853346/the-role-of-ultrasound-in-screening-subclinical-psoriatic-arthritis-in-patients-with-moderate-to-severe-psoriasis
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zi-Tong Chen, Rong-Fen Chen, Xiao-Long Li, Qiao Wang, Wei-Wei Ren, Dan-Dan Shan, Yu-Jing Zhao, Li-Ping Sun, Hui-Xiong Xu, Yu-Ling Shi, Le-Hang Guo
OBJECTIVE: To identify patients in the subclinical psoriatic arthritis (Sub-PsA) phase by ultrasound (US) and provide a solution to screen them. METHODS: A total of 490 participants with moderate-to-severe psoriasis were evaluated. Among them, 384 participants without arthritis symptoms were enrolled into the silent psoriasis group and 106 participants with arthritis symptoms, called prodromal/active PsA phase, were enrolled into the clinical PsA group. Another 80 non-psoriasis participants were enrolled into the control group...
February 28, 2023: European Radiology
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