Radiographic assessment of spondyloarthritis constitutes the primary imaging modality for diagnostic evaluation although it is insensitive in early disease. Several years are required before definite changes can be seen in…
The diverse clinical states and sites of pathology in gout provide challenges when considering the features apparent on imaging. Ideally, an imaging modality should capture all aspects of disease including…
Imaging techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US) have been increasingly used in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) providing additional clues to the pathogenesis of this peripheral, axial and…
Advanced imaging techniques are promising tools to assist in the early diagnosis and monitoring of therapy in various rheumatic diseases. As there is now increasing emphasis on diagnosing inflammatory rheumatic…
With recent improvements in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), remission has become an achievable goal for a large proportion of RA patients, and remission is now a defined target…
The recently developed Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) classification criteria for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) are the first criteria ever to include findings on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Introduction “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?” Imaging has come a long way from simple surface reflections, but is yet to reach the prognostic accuracy…
The systemic vasculitides are a diverse set of diseases linked by the presence of blood-vessel inflammation and are often associated with life-threatening or critical complications, including glomerulonephritis, diffuse alveolar haemorrhage,…
Please be informed that on page 633 the following sentence should read: Patients with OA have a high prevalence of comorbidities [17,44,45], which can be predictors of use of health…
Vasculitides may involve small, medium-sized or large arteries. In small-vessel vasculitides imaging studies of lungs, nasal sinuses, cerebrum, heart and other organs are important for determining disease extension and disease…
