TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging of Inflammatory Arthritis in Children
T2 - Status and Perspectives on the Use of Ultrasound, Radiographs, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
AU - Chauvin, Nancy A.
AU - Khwaja, Asef
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - The hallmark of juvenile idiopathic arthritis is synovial inflammation, and the goal of treatment is to suppress inflammation to prevent cartilage damage and bone erosions. Ultrasound and MRI are widely used imaging modalities in evaluating disease burden and response to treatments and are superior to clinical examination alone. However, differentiating between the normal appearance of the developing skeleton and pathologic conditions can be difficult, particularly in early disease. Larger, long-term studies are needed to standardize imaging definitions and protocols and to fully understand the clinical implications of imaging findings.
AB - The hallmark of juvenile idiopathic arthritis is synovial inflammation, and the goal of treatment is to suppress inflammation to prevent cartilage damage and bone erosions. Ultrasound and MRI are widely used imaging modalities in evaluating disease burden and response to treatments and are superior to clinical examination alone. However, differentiating between the normal appearance of the developing skeleton and pathologic conditions can be difficult, particularly in early disease. Larger, long-term studies are needed to standardize imaging definitions and protocols and to fully understand the clinical implications of imaging findings.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rdc.2016.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.rdc.2016.07.002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27742016
AN - SCOPUS:84992348080
SN - 0889-857X
VL - 42
SP - 587
EP - 606
JO - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
JF - Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -