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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2016; 20(05): 496-506
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1593533
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Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee on Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Joint Disease

Authors

  • Athena Plagou

    1   Department of Radiology, Private Institution of Ultrasonography, Athens, Greece

  • James Teh

    2   Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Andrew J. Grainger

    3   Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Claudia Schueller-Weidekamm

    4   Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska

    5   Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland

  • Winston Rennie

    6   Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Loughborough, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom

  • Gunnar Åström

    7   Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

  • Antoine Feydy

    8   Department of Radiology B, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Paris, France

  • Chiara Giraudo

    9   Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Henri Guerini

    10   Department of Radiology B, Cochin Hospital, Paris, France

  • Giuseppe Guglielmi

    11   Department of Radiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

  • Amanda Isaac

    12   Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals Foundation Trust, Kings College London and GKT, London, United Kingdom

  • Lennart Jans

    13   Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

  • Anne Grethe Jurik

    14   Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

  • Franz Kainberger

    9   Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Mario Maas

    15   Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Carlo Martinoli

    16   Department of Radiology, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy

  • Vasco V. Mascarenhas

    17   Unidade de Imagem Musculoesquelética (UIME), Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Falk Miese

    18   Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Institute of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy, Bottrop, Denmark

  • Philip O'Connor

    19   The NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Edwin H. Oei

    20   Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  • Mikkel Østergaard

    21   Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark

  • Philippe Peetrons

    22   Department of Radiology, Hôpitaux Iris Sud, Brussels, Belgium

  • Hannes Platzgummer

    9   Division of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

  • Monique Reijnierse

    23   Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

  • Philip Robinson

    3   Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Mitja Rupreht

    24   Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

  • Paolo Simoni

    25   Department of Radiology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), “Reine Fabiola” Children's University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

  • Marius C. Wick

    26   Functional Unit for Diagnostic and Interventional Musculoskeletal Radiology, Function Imaging and Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Anna Zejden

    14   Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

  • Andrea S. Klauser

    27   Section Rheumatology and Sports Imaging, Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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21 December 2016 (online)

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Abstract

This article presents the recommendations of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology Arthritis Subcommittee on the use of ultrasonography (US) in rheumatic disease, focused on the examination of joints in the adult population. The recommended examination technique and protocols used in a radiologic work-up are discussed. The main US features that can lead to a final diagnosis in the most common rheumatic diseases are addressed. The differential diagnosis that should be considered at image interpretation is presented. The role of US in interventional procedures and clinically important recent developments is also discussed.

Keywords

ultrasound - inflammatory joint disease - arthritis - ESSR