Editorial | 31-March-2017
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common inflammatory arthritis, affecting approximately 1% of the world’s population. Its pathogenesis has not been completely understood. However, there is evidence that the disease may involve synovial joints, subchondral bone marrow as well as intra- and extraarticular fat tissue, and may lead to progressive joint destruction and disability. Over the last two decades, significant improvement in its prognosis has been achieved owing to new strategies for
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska,
Lennart Jans,
James Teh
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 17 , ISSUE 68, 5–16
research-article | 15-June-2020
Introduction
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and progressive systemic disease that leads progressively to joint damage and disability(1,2). Approximately half of patients with RA report foot or ankle joints symptoms as the first manifestation of the disease(3,4), and in time 71% of these patients develop walking disability(5).
The quality of life (QoL) in RA patients is poorer compared to the general population, and even lower in those with foot involvement, especially regarding mobility
Oana Șerban,
Iulia Papp,
Corina Delia Bocșa,
Mihaela Cosmina Micu,
Maria Bădărînză,
Adriana Albu,
Daniela Fodor
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 20 , ISSUE 81, e70–e82
Review | 29-March-2016
imaging peripheral synovitis. Moreover, ultrasound imaging has been popularized thanks to the new classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis issued by the American College of Rheumatology and European League Against Rheumatism in 2010. They underline the role of ultrasound imaging in the detection of articular inflammatory changes that are difficult to assess unambiguously in the clinical examination. These criteria have become the basis for recommendations prepared by experts from the European
Mateusz Płaza,
Anna Nowakowska-Płaza,
Grzegorz Pracoń,
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 16 , ISSUE 64, 55–64
Research Article | 20-May-2019
and number of intestinal microbiota may contribute to the development of numerous infectious (HIV), metabolic (diabetes, obesity) and immunological (allergy, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis) diseases, as well as conditions associated with various organs (kidneys, liver, heart, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease), cancer (colon) and the nervous system (autism, sleeping problems, stress, chronic fatigue syndrome, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease). The composition of the
Katarzyna Góralska,
Magdalena Dzikowiec
Postępy Mikrobiologii - Advancements of Microbiology, Volume 57 , ISSUE 1, 5–11
review-article | 30-September-2019
acute traumatic injury of the bursa; repetitive microtrauma; degenerative diseases; inflammatory conditions affecting synovia, most commonly rheumatoid arthritis and gout; various infections; synovial tumors or pseudotumors like pigmented villonodular synovitis, synovial osteochondromatosis, and many other pathologies(4).
Ultrasonography can be a valuable tool for the detection and evaluation of bursitis. Its specificity and sensitivity in the assessment of bursal pathology, especially in
Slavcho Ivanoski,
Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 78, 212–221
research-paper | 18-June-2021
the wrist(5). Both calcium pyrophosphate dihydrates (CPPD) crystal deposition disease (CPDD) arthropathy and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are rheumatologic conditions associated with wrist instability and SLAC(6–9).
In case of nontraumatic wrist pain, and especially in the suspicion of rheumatologic diseases, the evaluation of internal wrist derangement is often neglected, as the majority of clinical and imaging studies are focused on synovitis(10). Moreover, even if ultrasound (US) and power Doppler
Paolo Falsetti,
Edoardo Conticini,
Caterina Baldi,
Marco Bardelli,
Suhel Gabriele Al Khayyat,
Roberto D’Alessandro,
Luca Cantarini,
Bruno Frediani
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 21 , ISSUE 85, e105–e111