Synovitis

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — SAPHO is complex, but knowing its potential manifestations can help clinicians identify and help patients, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician meeting.

What is SAPHO? What does the ‘H’ stand for, again? This episode explores some basics about the condition and delves into the history of how this disease came to be.

In children who present to the pediatric ED, a point-of-care ultrasonography decision-support algorithm — a rule-in tool — accurately diagnosed transient synovitis, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Using subclinical synovitis, rather than clinical arthritis, to identify rheumatoid arthritis produces a high false-positive rate, with 44% to 89% never developing the disease, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteomyelitis — collectively known as SAPHO syndrome — in pustular psoriasis remains for most rheumatologists a rare enigma with an unclear pathogenesis, according to Philip Helliwell, PhD, DM, BM BCh, FRCP, MA, of the University of Leeds.

A EULAR task force has published the first evidence-based recommendations to guide clinicians administering intra-articular injections in patients with arthropathies, according to data presented at the EULAR 2020 E-Congress.

Ultrasound can assist clinical examinations in precisely identifying inflamed sites in ankles among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

ATLANTA — Data from a 2-year, randomized controlled trial presented here demonstrate that using ultrasound findings to guide early rheumatoid arthritis treatment strategy did not reduce MRI inflammation or result in less structural damage.