Are there circumstances when you may consider imaging enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis?
What imaging modality would be most helpful?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
If you already know that there is "enthesitis", then there may not be a reason for imaging. However, there are a few circumstances to consider imaging entheses in a patient with psoriatic arthritis:1) When there is concomitant widespread pain syndrome and the enthesis is tender but not swollen on ph...
Enthesitis is in the eye of the beholder: so many patients I pick up have plantar fasciitis and hla b27 pos. When I ask what was going on in life it's always: I was a waitress working two jobs, I picked up running, etc. This is a wonderful answer above but enthesitis begins with a ROS for MSK, overu...
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at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) @Erica L. Benvenutti: I think a US machine should ...