osteophytosis and ultrasound Archives

Abstract Number: 438 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
What Characterizes Osteoarthritis: Ultrasound-Detected Inflammation but Not Osteophytes Is More Common in Hand Osteoarthritis Than in Painless Bony Enlargements
Nina Gasperi¹, Antonella Adinolfi², Arnd Kleyer³, Melanie Hagen³, Christiane Gasperi⁴, Martin Weger⁵, Stefan Kiechl⁶, Johann Willeit⁶, Georg Schett³, Annamaria Iagnocco⁷, Arno Gasperi⁸, Agnes Mayr⁹ and Christian Dejaco^10,11, ¹Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria, ²Department of Medicine, surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, Siena, Italy, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3—Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Bruneck Hospital, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ⁶Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbruck, Austria, ⁷Academic Rhematology Center, University of Torino, Turin, Italy, Turin, Italy, ⁸Department of Neurology, Bruneck Hospital, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ⁹Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bruneck Hospital, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ¹⁰Rheumatology Service, South tyrolean Health trust, Hospital of Bruneck, Bruneck, Italy, Bruneck, Italy, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria
Background/Purpose: To study structural and inflammatory ultrasound lesions in elderly subjects with hand osteoarthritis (HOA) as well as in pain-free subjects with bony enlargements of…
Abstract Number: 928 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Value of Early Ultrasound-Detected Osteophytes in Hand Osteoarthritis: Predicting the Future
Alexander Mathiessen¹, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen², Tore K. Kvien³, Ida K. Haugen⁴ and Hilde Berner Hammer², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴P.O. Box 23, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Vinderen, Norway
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound is more sensitive than conventional radiographs in detecting small osteophytes in hand osteoarthritis (OA). Osteophytes can be seen prior to joint space narrowing…

Abstracts tagged "osteophytosis and ultrasound"

What Characterizes Osteoarthritis: Ultrasound-Detected Inflammation but Not Osteophytes Is More Common in Hand Osteoarthritis Than in Painless Bony Enlargements

The Value of Early Ultrasound-Detected Osteophytes in Hand Osteoarthritis: Predicting the Future