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