A comparison of clinical examination and ultrasound enthesitis indices in patients with psoriatic arthritis, adjusted for concomitant fibromyalgia.
Mark SapsfordJobie EvansGavin ClunieDeepak JadonPublished in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2021)
There is a moderate association between US entheseal inflammation, but not damage, and CE enthesitis indices in patients with PsA. The presence of concurrent fibromyalgia is linked with higher CE enthesitis scores, without an increase in US inflammation, suggesting that CE enthesitis indices should be used/interpreted with caution in these patients. Imaging, including US, should be the preferred modality to detect enthesitis in PsA patients with concurrent fibromyalgia.
Keyphrases
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- oxidative stress
- prostate cancer
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- magnetic resonance imaging
- radical prostatectomy
- energy transfer
- high resolution
- locally advanced
- peritoneal dialysis
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high intensity
- computed tomography
- radiation therapy
- fluorescence imaging
- rectal cancer
- contrast enhanced ultrasound