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A comparative analysis of magnetic resonance imaging and high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography of the hand for the detection of erosion repair in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford)
September 2015
Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology and
Objectives: To investigate whether MRI allows the detection of osteosclerosis as a sign of repair of bone erosions compared with high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) as a reference and whether the presence of osteosclerosis on HR-pQCT is linked to synovitis and osteitis on MRI.
Methods: A total of 103 RA patients underwent HR-pQCT and MRI of the dominant hand. The presence and size of erosions and the presence and extent (grades 0-2) of osteosclerosis were assessed by both imaging modalities, focusing on MCP 2 and 3 and wrist joints.