Tenosynovitis has a high sensitivity for early ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative RA: a large cross-sectional MRI study.

Xanthe Marijn Edmée Matthijssen Fenne WoutersNavkiran SidhuEllis Niemantsverdriet Annette H M van der Helm van Mil

Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2021)

MRI-detected tenosynovitis has a high sensitivity for early ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative RA. This supports that both juxta-articular (tenosynovitis) and intra-articular synovial involvement is characteristic of RA.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
cross sectional
disease activity
contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
ankylosing spondylitis
diffusion weighted imaging
interstitial lung disease
computed tomography
systemic lupus erythematosus