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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no ultrasound findings associated with cutaneous psoriasis but ultrasound may be used as a bedside tool to visualize joints in psoriatic arthritis. | There are no [[ultrasound]] findings associated with [[cutaneous]] psoriasis but ultrasound may be used as a bedside tool to visualize [[Joint|joints]] in psoriatic arthritis. | ||
==Ultrasound== | ==Ultrasound== | ||
Ultrasound in psoriatic arthritis may show the following abnormalities:<ref name="urlPsoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Clinical and Radiographic Criteria. A Systematic Review | The Journal of Rheumatology">{{cite web |url=http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/8/1432.long |title=Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Clinical and Radiographic Criteria. A Systematic Review | The Journal of Rheumatology |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | [[Ultrasound]] in psoriatic arthritis may show the following abnormalities:<ref name="urlPsoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Clinical and Radiographic Criteria. A Systematic Review | The Journal of Rheumatology">{{cite web |url=http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/8/1432.long |title=Psoriatic Arthritis Mutilans: Clinical and Radiographic Criteria. A Systematic Review | The Journal of Rheumatology |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
*Synovitis | *[[Synovitis]] | ||
*Tenosynovitis | *[[Tenosynovitis]] | ||
*Peritendinitis | *Peritendinitis | ||
*Retrocalcaneal or pre-Achilles bursitis | *[[Retrocalcaneal bursitis|Retrocalcaneal]] or pre-Achilles [[bursitis]] | ||
[[Image:Usg_psor.jpg|300px|center|frame|Arrow: Joint erosion, 1. Metacarpal, 2. Phalanx, 3. Extendor tendon, 4. Joint cavity]] | [[Image:Usg_psor.jpg|300px|center|frame|Arrow: Joint erosion, 1. Metacarpal, 2. Phalanx, 3. Extendor tendon, 4. Joint cavity]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Psoriasis ultrasound |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]
Overview
There are no ultrasound findings associated with cutaneous psoriasis but ultrasound may be used as a bedside tool to visualize joints in psoriatic arthritis.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound in psoriatic arthritis may show the following abnormalities:[1]
- Synovitis
- Tenosynovitis
- Peritendinitis
- Retrocalcaneal or pre-Achilles bursitis
