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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
