Open AccessThe hand: a window to arthritis
Author(s) -
Georgios Filippou,
Bruno Frediani,
Adriana Gallo,
Luana Menza,
Paolo Falsetti,
Fabio Baldi,
Mauro Galeazzi,
Roberto Marcolongo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
reumatismo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.294
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2240-2683
pISSN - 0048-7449
DOI - 10.4081/reumatismo.2007.71
Subject(s) - medicine , pathognomonic , ultrasonography , arthritis , window of opportunity , radiology , dermatology , pathology , disease , real time computing , computer science
Hand joint involvement in rheumatic diseases is often precocious and predominant as compared to other skeletomuscular regions. Clinical examination not always allows for easy detection of fluid outpouring and synovial involvement, and undoubtedly does not allow to diagnose pathognomonic bone alterations of several rheumatic conditions. Articular ultrasonography is an innocuous methodology, easily reproducible and directly applied by a rheumatologist. The aim of this vignette is to present ultrasonography elementary lesions of the hand for a prompt diagnosis