Contribution of the Ultrasound Techniques in the Evaluation of Knee Joint Damage in the Case of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Yan-Fen ZhongGui-Hong YeZhi-Xian LiYuan-Yuan ChenXi-Gui LiJing WenJi Wu

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2022)

HFUS, SMI, and CEUS can be used as supplementary methods for diagnosis and differential diagnosis in PVNS and active RA. What is more, the combination of HFUS + SMI and HFUS + CEUS was suggested.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced ultrasound
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
oxidative stress
ultrasound guided