POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY OF SYNOVITIS - ASSESSMENT OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS

Authors
NEWMAN JS LAING TJ MCCARTHY CJ ADLER RS
Citation
Js. Newman et al., POWER DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY OF SYNOVITIS - ASSESSMENT OF THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS, Radiology, 198(2), 1996, pp. 582-584
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00338419
Volume
198
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
582 - 584
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-8419(1996)198:2<582:PDSOS->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Power Doppler sonography was used in eight symptomatic knees in seven patients with arthritis before and after joint aspiration and intraart icular administration of steroids. A qualitative decrease in synovial perfusion was observed in all eight knees, and symptoms improved in se ven of the eight cases. These preliminary data suggest a role for powe r Doppler sonography in assessment of serial changes in synovial infla mmation.