Abstracts tagged "MRI and ultrasound"

Abstract Number: 313 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Do Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Identify Synovitis and Tenosynovitis at the Same Joints and Tendons? – a Comparative Study in Patients Presenting with Early Arthritis and Clinically Suspect Arthralgia
Aleid C. Boer¹, Sarah Ohrndorf², Debbie M. Boeters¹, Robin M ten Brinck¹, Gerd R. Burmester², Marion Kortekaas¹ and Annette H.M. van der Helm-van Mil^1,3, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: In the diagnostic process of RA, the use of advanced imaging techniques like musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been recommended.…