Ankle involvement in rheumatoid arthritis - a comparison of inflammatory signs on musculoskeletal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.

CONCLUSION: US has high sensitivity and specificity in detecting RA inflammatory lesions in the ankle and rearfoot, in very good agreement with MRI. The high frequency of ankle inflammatory lesions in RA should result in increased interest in the imaging evaluation of these structures. PMID: 31476206 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31476206?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Ultrasonography - September 4, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: Med Ultrason Source Type: research