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Wrist ultrasound analysis of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Abstract
In the present study, we evaluated 42 wrists using the semi-quantitative scales power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and gray scale ultrasound (GSUS) with scores ranging from 0 to 3 and correlated the results with clinical, laboratory and radiographic data. Twenty-one patients (17 women and 4 men) with rheumatoid arthritis according to criteria of the American College of Rheumatology were enrolled in the study from September 2008 to July 2009 at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). The average disease duration was 14 months. The patients were 66.6% Caucasians and 33.3% non-Caucasians, with a mean age of 42 and 41 years, respectively. A dorsal longitudinal scan was performed by ultrasound on the radiocarpal and midcarpal joints using GE LOGIQ XP-linear ultrasound and a high frequency (8-10 MHz) transducer. All patients were X-rayed, and the Larsen score was determined for the joints, with grades ranging from 0 to V. This study showed significant correlations between clinical, sonographic and laboratory data: GSUS and swollen right wrist (r = 0.546), GSUS of right wrist and swelling of left wrist (r = 0.511), PDUS of right wrist and pain in left wrist (r = 0.436), PDUS of right wrist and C-reactive protein (r = 0.466). Ultrasound can be considered a useful tool in the diagnosis of synovitis in early rheumatoid arthritis mainly when the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide and rheumatoid factor are negative, and can lead to an early change in the therapeutic decision.
AuthorsJ A Mendonça, M A Yazbek, I M M Laurindo, M B Bertolo
JournalBrazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas (Braz J Med Biol Res) Vol. 44 Issue 1 Pg. 11-5 (Jan 2011) ISSN: 1414-431X [Electronic] Brazil
PMID21049240 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid (complications, diagnostic imaging)
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Synovitis (diagnostic imaging, etiology)
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler
  • Wrist Joint (diagnostic imaging)

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