Salivary Glands
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound is anew tool for diagnoising and managing primary sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) patients. • Only parenchymal inhomogeneity can be regarded as having true diagnostic value for pSS…
Training and Education in Rheumatology Ultrasound: European Experience
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a small group of very enthusiastic European rheumatologists from Italy, Germany, Finland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Spain started to practice musculoskeletal ultrasound…
Use of Ultrasonography in the Pediatric Patient
KEY POINTS • High-resolution ultrasound is a rapid, proven imaging technique for identifying enthesitis, synovitis, and effusion in inflammatory and infectious diseases and soft tissue or bone changes in osteomyelitis…
Training and Education in Rheumatology Ultrasound: Objectives and Challenges
Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) is a popular and important disease assessment tool among rheumatologists. Consequently, many rheumatologists are seeking opportunities to learn how to perform this imaging technique themselves and to…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound can be used to establish the diagnosis of RA. • Ultrasound allows the examiner to assess small joints and several joint regions at one session, as…
Training and Education in Rheumatology Ultrasound: American Experience
The use of musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSKUS) by rheumatologists in the United States has been increasing. Resistance to its adoption in the past included promotion of the use of magnetic resonance…
Lower Limb Enthesis in Children
KEY POINTS • Knowledge of entheseal development in children with JIA is critical. • Ultrasound can differentiate earlier polyartheritis and enthesitis according to ILAR classification criteria. • Knowledge of the…
Training and Education in Rheumatology Ultrasound: Asian Experience
During the past few years, an increasing number of Asian rheumatologists have taken great interest in ultrasonography for its well-known advantages and wide spectrum of validated applications in daily rheumatology…
Training and Education in Rheumatology Ultrasound: Latin American and Caribbean Experience
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that there be at least one rheumatologist per 100,000 persons. In Latin America, there is an estimated need for 5000 specialists. The Pan-American…
Spondyloarthritis
KEY POINTS • Spondyloarthritis is the second most common inflammatory rheumatic disorder. • Ultrasound can visualize several pathologic conditions in spondyloarthritis: enthesitis, bone erosions, synovitis, bursitis, and tenosynovitis. • Ultrasound…
