Open AccessUltrasound assessment of enthesis thickness in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Dario Graceffa,
Claudio Bonifati,
Viviana Lora,
Pier Luigi Saraceni,
Catia De Felice,
Maria Sole Chimenti,
Roberto Perricone,
Andrea Morrone
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/ijdvl.ijdvl_205_17
Subject(s) - enthesis , psoriatic arthritis , medicine , psoriasis , enthesitis , ultrasound , arthritis , dermatology , radiology , surgery , tendon
The inflammatory involvement of the enthesis in the course of psoriasis is accompanied by structural abnormalities detectable by ultrasound. The most common of these abnormalities is the thickening of the tendon at the insertion site.