Ultrasonographic Presentation and Anatomic Distribution of Lung Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Marie Vermant Alexandros Kalkanis Tinne GoosHeleen CypersNico De CremBarbara NeerinckxVeerle TaelmanPatrick VerschuerenWim A Wuyts

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

LUS in patients with RA shows an array of abnormalities ranging from interstitial syndromes to pleural abnormalities, subpleural nodules, and pleural effusions. Hotspots for the presence of B-lines are situated bilaterally in the posterior subscapular regions, as well as the anterior right mid-clavicular region.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
high resolution
high throughput
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
optic nerve
interstitial lung disease
mass spectrometry
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis