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==X-ray== | ==X-ray== | ||
* There are no X-ray findings associated with [[Lyme disease]]. However, an X-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [[chronic]] [[Lyme arthritis]]. | * There are no X-ray findings associated with [[Lyme disease]]. However, an X-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [[chronic]] [[Lyme arthritis]]. | ||
* The majority of patients with Lyme | * The majority of patients with [[]Lyme arthrits]] have little/no joint dysfunction after remission of the attack. | ||
* In few patients with chronic Lyme arthritis, X-ray of joints may show:<ref name="pmid366228532">{{cite journal|author=Steere AC, Schoen RT, Taylor E|title=The clinical evolution of Lyme arthritis.|journal=Ann Intern Med|year=1987|volume=107|issue=5|pages=725-31|pmid=3662285|doi=|pmc=|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3662285}}</ref> | * In few patients with chronic [[Lyme arthritis]], X-ray of joints may show:<ref name="pmid366228532">{{cite journal|author=Steere AC, Schoen RT, Taylor E|title=The clinical evolution of Lyme arthritis.|journal=Ann Intern Med|year=1987|volume=107|issue=5|pages=725-31|pmid=3662285|doi=|pmc=|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3662285}}</ref> | ||
** Inflammation of joints | ** Inflammation of joints | ||
** Soft tissue swelling | ** Soft tissue swelling | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anmol Pitliya, M.B.B.S. M.D.[2]
Overview
There are no X-ray findings associated with Lyme disease. However, an X-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of chronic Lyme arthritis.
X-ray
- There are no X-ray findings associated with Lyme disease. However, an X-ray may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of chronic Lyme arthritis.
- The majority of patients with [[]Lyme arthrits]] have little/no joint dysfunction after remission of the attack.
- In few patients with chronic Lyme arthritis, X-ray of joints may show:[1]
- Inflammation of joints
- Soft tissue swelling
- Erosion and permanent damage to joint
- Radiographic evidence of enthesopathy
- Inflammed tendons (tendonitis)
References
- ↑ Steere AC, Schoen RT, Taylor E (1987). "The clinical evolution of Lyme arthritis". Ann Intern Med. 107 (5): 725–31. PMID 3662285.