Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging modality of choice for diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) when the pelvic radiograph is normal or equivocal. Subchodral bone marrow edema (BME) is…
Abstract Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have become established imaging techniques for the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Several publications have pointed out the advantages of these techniques for a…
Imaging has been used as an extension of clinical assessment in Medicine since radiography was developed and introduced over a century ago. Imaging methods allow us to see beyond the…
Abstract Inflammatory rheumatic diseases have a long-lasting effect on patients’ physical and psychological functioning, for instance, due to disabling symptoms and unpredictable disease course. Consequently, many patients show adjustment problems…
Abstract Immunization represents the most efficient and simplest intervention to prevent certain viral and bacterial infections in the general population as well as in the vulnerable population of patients with…
Abstract Vasculitis has been described in most types of inflammatory arthritis. The best described and most widely recognised form is rheumatoid vasculitis. The incidence of systemic rheumatoid vasculitis has declined…
Abstract Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) experience an increased cardiometabolic risk factor burden that is substantially driven by systemic inflammation. This occurs less consistently in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS)….
Abstract Dysregulation of the intestinal epithelial barrier in genetically susceptible individuals may lead to both intestinal and extraintestinal autoimmune disorders. There is emerging literature on the role of microbiota changes…
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis are associated with potentially sight-threatening inflammatory eye disease. Although the ocular manifestations associated with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis are similar, such…
Abstract This chapter describes the involvement of the lung in systemic inflammatory joint disease (IJD) with a particular focus on rheumatoid arthritis, although the topics of pulmonary involvement in ankylosing…
