Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in shoulders contributes accurate diagnosis and predicting recurrence to patients with polymyalgia rheumatica.

CONCLUSIONS: Gadolinium-enhanced MRI could display capsulitis, rotator cuff tendonitis and focal bone oedema in humerus heads that was sensitive and specific to patients with PMR, improving diagnostic accuracy in PMR. Rotator cuff tendonitis and synovial hypertrophy on MRI could help predict recurrence in PMR. PMID: 32242812 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32242812?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - April 5, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research