The incremental value of ultrasound in detection of subclinical peripheral enthesitis in patients with spondyloarthritis

ConclusionUltrasonography is superior to clinical examination in detection of enthesitis in SpA patients with good sensitivity and specificity. Enthesitis is common in upper limbs as it is in lower limbs; pathological findings and predictive values of calcifications and erosions were high at entheses of upper limbs especially supraspinatus.
Source: The Egyptian Rheumatologist - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research