KEY POINTS • Soft tissue rheumatism refers to nonsystemic, focal pathologic syndromes involving the periarticular tissues, including muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia, aponeurosis, retinaculum, bursa, and subcutaneous tissue. • Ultrasound evaluation…
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound is able to detect most elementary lesions involving bony cortex and soft tissues in osteoarthritis (OA). • Ultrasound demonstrates both the inflammatory changes and structural damage…
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound is a valuable tool in the diagnostic workup of small- and medium-vessel vasculitis. • In large-vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis), ultrasound delineates characteristic…
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound may be used to guide a wide range of musculoskeletal interventions. • Ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis and joint injection may be performed under indirect or direct visualization. •…
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound can identify entrapment and traumatic neuropathies, neurogenic tumors, and some hereditary PN abnormalities, and is particularly useful when the results of clinical examination and tests are…
KEY POINTS • This chapter describes the main ultrasound findings that are detectable in patients with gout or CPPD disease. • Monosodium urate and CPPD crystal aggregates can be clearly…
Ultrasound has progressed rapidly in recent years in terms of the technology itself and how it has been applied to both clinical practice and research. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is now considered…
KEY POINTS • Contrast agents enable visualization of synovial vascularization, and mprove early detection, disease activity assessment, and evaluation of therapeutic response. • Contrast agents should be inert, administered by…
