Imaging News

In patients with early psoriatic arthritis who are naïve to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, swollen joints are a better predictor of synovitis than tender joints, according to data published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice.

Biopsy details, including the operator’s training and any intra-articular steroids used prior to the procedure, should be reported in every study involving synovial tissue, according to new EULAR points to consider.

Physical function and MRI scores predict flares at 6 and 12 months following the end of treatment with abatacept among patients with early rheumatoid arthritis in remission, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Tenosynovitis detected through power Doppler ultrasound predicts rheumatoid and inflammatory arthritis development in patients with clinically suspect arthralgia, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

A semi-quantitative plain radiographic scoring method for assessing new bone formation in sclerosis and spur in gout is feasible, valid and reproducible, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Imaging should be the preferred choice over palpation in guiding targeted procedures and injections at peripheral and sacroiliac joints, and at structures encompassing peripheral nerves, according to new EULAR “points to consider.”

In patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis, MRI sacroiliitis and HLA-B27 positivity, but not elevated C-reactive protein or responses at week 12, predict long-term certolizumab pegol response, according to data.

Vascular ultrasound, using high-end equipment and optimized settings, may be an effective replacement for temporal artery biopsy as a first-line diagnostic tool in patients with suspected giant cell arteritis, according to a Danish study.

A newly developed artificial neural network can accurately detect radiographic sacroiliitis in patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

The American College of Rheumatology and EULAR have updated classification criteria for five types of large- and small-vessel vasculitis, driven in part by advances in diagnostic imaging, according to presenters at ACR Convergence 2021.