Comparative Study between Power Doppler Ultrasound with OMERACT RAMRIS Synovitis Score in the Wrist Joint of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Comparative Study between Power Doppler Ultrasound with
OMERACT RAMRIS Synovitis Score in the Wrist Joint of Patients
with Rheumatoid Arthritis MOHAMED EL GHOBASHY, M.Sc.*; HATEM EL AZIZY, M.D.*; MANAR HUSSEIN, M.D.* and HEND HELAL, M.D.
Abstract
Objective: To compare the role of power Doppler ultrasonography and enhanced MRI in the assessment of synovitis of the wrist joints in Rheumatoid arthritis patients. Patients and Methods: This study included fifty patients (39 females and 11 males) with rheumatoid arthritis. They were subjected to power Doppler ultrasound study and enhanced MRI examination of the clinically dominant wrist joints. Mean age was 45.3 years and mean disease duration was 6.2 years. Power Doppler score of synovitis was correlated and compared with MRI OMERACT score. Results: Our results showed that both modalities are comparable and closely related in the assessment of inflammatory process of hand and wrist joints in rheumatoid arthritis.