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
- end stage renal disease
- oxidative stress
- high grade
- risk factors
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- minimally invasive
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- liquid chromatography
- ultrasound guided