The skin and nails are commonly involved in rheumatic conditions, both by the primary disease and/or long-term immunosuppressive treatments. These superficial affections may also imply a worsening of the quality of life ...

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography has become an increasingly valuable tool as a complement to the physical exam in rheumatology practice. Its point-of-care access, low cost, safety, portability, and reliability in trained ...

Skin ulcers in scleroderma (SSc) patients are considered a major challenge, both in clinical assessment and treatment decisions. The objective of our study is to assess ultrasonographic (US) morphology of skin ulcers in ...

Objective: To develop guidelines for Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) training for rheumatologists in the Americas. Methods: A total of 25 Rheumatologists from 19 countries of the American Continent participated in a ...

In the past years, ultrasonographic studies achieved a solid position as an important method of imaging diagnosis in the evaluation of musculoskeletal diseases. Visualization of intra-articular structures and synovial ...

To describe clinical and ultrasound findings in a patient with infantile systemic hyalinosis (ISH). A 5-month-old boy was evaluated of joint contractures. In addition to clinical and laboratory investigations, an ultrasound ...

In the present study, we evaluated 42 wrists using the semi-quantitative scales power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and gray scale ultrasound (GSUS) with scores ranging from 0 to 3 and correlated the results with clinical, ...

Objective. To compare hand US between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.Methods. Hands (1st-5th metacarpophalangeal [MCP] and 1st-5th proximal interphalangeal [PIP] joints) and wrists ...

Acute calcific tendinopathy is one of the manifestations of hydroxyapatite crystal deposition disease. While it is more frequent in the shoulder, it has been described in virtually all areas of the body, but rarely in the ...