IMAGING IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

Citation
A. Mundinger et al., IMAGING IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS, Immunitat und Infektion, 21(3), 1993, pp. 64-68
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
ISSN journal
03401162
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
64 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-1162(1993)21:3<64:IIR>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The radiographic changes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) consist of peria rticular soft tissue swelling, osteoporosis, symmetric narrowing of th e joint space associated with marginal or central erosions. Convention al radiography is the basic imaging method in RA due to its high impac t on differential diagnosis. MRI and bone scintigraphy are second line imaging methods in early stages of arthritis. Hypervascularized pannu s can noninvasively and in a detailed way be depicted using intravenou sly applicated Gadolinium-DTPA. Follow-up examinations of the clinical and radiographic findings are adequate in advanced stages. Additional sonography and computed tomography are supplementary methods.