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Review Early rheumatoid arthritis: a review of MRI and sonographic findings. free! 2007
Boutry N, Morel M, Flipo RM, Demondion X, Cotten A. · Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille and Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Blvd. du Pr. J Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France. · AJR Am J Roentgenol. · Pubmed #18029892 links to free full text
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The introduction of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents has opened new prospects in therapeutic management of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, thereby creating new demands on radiologists to identify patients with aggressive disease at an early stage. As a result, imaging techniques such as MRI and sonography have developed during the past few years. CONCLUSION: This article illustrates the imaging findings that may be encountered with these techniques in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
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Review Imaging features of musculoskeletal involvement in systemic sclerosis. 2007
Boutry N, Hachulla E, Zanetti-Musielak C, Morel M, Demondion X, Cotten A. · Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Boulevard du Pr. J Leclercq, 59037, Lille Cedex, France. · Eur Radiol. · Pubmed #17021702 No free full text.
Abstract: This article describes the radiographic, sonographic and magnetic resonance (MR) features of musculoskeletal involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Conventional radiography is the traditional method of detecting digital calcifications, but ultrasonography (US) is also able to detect such calcifications before they appear on radiographs. MR imaging can be used to diagnose overlapping conditions (i.e., SSc and myositis or SSc and rheumatoid arthritis), and less frequently, to reveal neurologic complications of SSc. In patients with vascular ulcers, MR angiography is able to depict decreased flow within collateral digital arteries.
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