Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging of hands in systemic sclerosis: A cross-sectional analytical study of prevalence of inflammatory changes in patients with subclinical arthropathy.
Akash Babulal VadherAnindita SinhaShayeri Roy ChoudhuryMahesh PrakashMuniraju MaralakunteTanveer RehmanShefali SharmaYashwant KumarPublished in: Journal of scleroderma and related disorders (2023)
High prevalence of low-grade inflammation is found in systemic sclerosis patients on US and magnetic resonance imaging. Distal joint assessment in addition to proximal joints improves accurate estimation of prevalence of early arthropathy.
Keyphrases
- systemic sclerosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- interstitial lung disease
- low grade
- oxidative stress
- end stage renal disease
- high grade
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- computed tomography
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- high resolution
- rheumatoid arthritis
- patient reported outcomes
- diffusion weighted imaging
- liquid chromatography
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- patient reported