Imaging News

Un-calcified tophaceous deposits that were undetected with conventional radiography may be visible on musculoskeletal ultrasound, according to recently published data.

Seropositive patients with rheumatoid arthritis were more likely to have higher levels of thyroid autoantibodies compared to seronegative patients, according to the results from a study.

Lightscan photo-optical imaging may offer sensitive image detection to track inflammatory changes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis in proximal interphalangeal joints, according to recently published research.

After 2 years of follow-up, many patients with axial spondyloarthritis who received early treatment with Humira were found to have low disease activity or be in remission, according to the results of a study.

The use of positron emission tomography may be helpful in making the diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis, according to data presented recently.

Botox was found to be effective in the treatment of severe Raynaud’s phenomenon, according to the results of a study.

About a quarter of patients with inflammatory bowel disease had evidence of heel enthesitis and spondyloarthritis on ultrasound, but the findings did not correlate with serum levels of vitamin D, according to recently presented research.

Compared with the general population, diastolic dysfunction developed more rapidly in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during a 5-year period, according to research by John M. Davis III, MD, and colleagues, presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.

High levels of ultrasound-verified inflammation or damage were found to be correlated with Evaluator’s Global Assessment and VAS for pain scores in patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to study findings.

Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging may be a complementary tool in the assessment and ongoing monitoring of symptoms in children with reactive arthritis, according to recently presented data.