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Felbo SK, Wiell C, Østergaard M, Poggenborg RP, Bøyesen P, Hammer HB, Boonen A, Pedersen SJ, Sørensen IJ, Madsen OR, Slot O, Møller JM, Szkudlarek M, Terslev L. Do tender joints in active psoriatic arthritis reflect inflammation assessed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging? Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:723-733. [PMID: 33895799 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between clinical joint tenderness and intra- and periarticular inflammation as assessed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and to explore if the associations differ according to patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and structural damage. METHODS Forty-one patients with active PsA and hand involvement had 76/78 joints examined for swelling/tenderness and ultrasound and MRI of 24 and 12 finger joints, respectively. Synovitis, tenosynovitis, periarticular inflammation and erosions were assessed using OMERACT definitions and scoring systems. Correlation between imaging inflammation sum-scores (intra-and periarticular) and tender/swollen joint counts were calculated using Spearman's rho, agreement at joint level was examined using prevalence and bias adjusted kappa (PABAK). Subgroup analyses explored the influence of PROs and radiographic erosive disease on these associations. RESULTS No significant correlations were found between tender or swollen joint counts and imaging inflammation sum-scores (rho=-0.31-0.38). In patients with higher level of overall pain, disability and lower self-reported mental health, a tendency towards negative correlations were found. At joint level, intra- and periarticular imaging inflammatory lesions had slight agreement with joint tenderness (PABAK=0.02-0.19) and slight to moderate with swelling (PABAK=0.16-0.54). For tender joints, agreement with imaging inflammation was even weaker in patients with either high overall pain scores, high disability scores, and/or non-erosive disease. CONCLUSION Joint tenderness had low association with imaging signs of inflammation in PsA patients, particularly in patients with high self-reported pain, disability and low mental health, indicating that tenderness is influenced by other parameters than local inflammation.
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- Sara Kamp Felbo
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup
- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup
- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup
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- Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
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- Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center
- Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Gentofte Hospital, Gentofte
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- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet
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- Department of Rheumatology, Zealand's University Hospital Køge, Køge, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup
- Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Axelsen MB, Eshed I, Østergaard M, Hetland ML, Møller JM, Jensen DV, Krintel SB, Hansen MS, Terslev L, Klarlund M, Poggenborg RP, Balding L, Pedersen SJ. Monitoring total-body inflammation and damage in joints and entheses: the first follow-up study of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2017; 46:253-262. [PMID: 28125360 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2016.1231338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate changes in whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WBMRI) inflammatory and structural lesions in most joints and entheses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with adalimumab. METHODS WBMRI was obtained at weeks 0, 6, 16, and 52 in a 52 week follow-up study of 37 RA patients starting treatment with adalimumab. Readability and reliability of WBMRI were investigated for 76 peripheral joints, 23 discovertebral units, the sacroiliac joints, and 33 entheses. Changes in WBMRI joint and entheses counts were investigated. RESULTS The readability of peripheral and axial joints was 82-100%, being less for elbows and small joints of the feet. For entheses, 72-100% were readable, except for entheses at the anterior chest wall, elbow, knee, and plantar fascia. The intrareader agreement was high for bone marrow oedema (BMO), bone erosion (80-100%), and enthesitis (77-100%), and slightly lower for synovitis and soft tissue inflammation (50-100%). All synovitis, BMO, and soft tissue inflammation counts decreased numerically during treatment. The 26-joint synovitis WBMRI count decreased significantly during the first 16 weeks for patients with a good European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response (from median 6 to 4, p < 0.05), but not for patients with a moderate or no EULAR response. There were no overall changes in structural lesions. CONCLUSIONS WBMRI allows simultaneous monitoring of most axial and peripheral joints and entheses in RA patients and can visualize a decrease in inflammatory counts during treatment. This first WBMRI follow-up study of patients with RA encourages further investigation of the usefulness of WBMRI in RA.
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- M B Axelsen
- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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- b Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Sheba Medical Center , Tel Aviv University , Tel Giborim , Israel
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark.,c Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark.,c Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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- d Department of Radiology , Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen , Herlev , Denmark
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- e Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Nordsjællands Hospital Hillerød , University of Copenhagen , Hillerød , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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- f Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , University of Copenhagen , Gentofte , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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- d Department of Radiology , Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen , Herlev , Denmark
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- a Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases , Rigshospitalet - Glostrup , Glostrup , Denmark
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Poggenborg RP, Sørensen IJ, Pedersen SJ, Østergaard M. Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing, monitoring and prognostication in psoriatic arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2015; 33:S66-S69. [PMID: 26470678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic systemic, inflammatory disease associated with skin psoriasis. PsA may be difficult to assess with clinical examination and blood tests because of its complex and multifaceted clinical presentation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can visualise all peripheral and axial joints and entheses involved in PsA, and allow the rheumatologist to assess inflammation and structural damage in detail. In the present paper, we provide a brief overview of MRI to diagnose, monitor and prognosticate in PsA in clinical care.
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- René Panduro Poggenborg
- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Copenhagen; and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet - Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark and Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Poggenborg RP, Pedersen SJ, Eshed I, Sørensen IJ, Møller JM, Madsen OR, Thomsen HS, Østergaard M. Head-to-toe whole-body MRI in psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and healthy subjects: first steps towards global inflammation and damage scores of peripheral and axial joints. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2014; 54:1039-49. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Poggenborg RP, Eshed I, Østergaard M, Sørensen IJ, Møller JM, Madsen OR, Pedersen SJ. Enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and healthy subjects assessed by ‘head-to-toe’ whole-body MRI and clinical examination. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:823-9. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Poggenborg RP, Bird P, Boonen A, Wiell C, Pedersen SJ, Sørensen IJ, Madsen OR, Slot O, Møller JM, Bøyesen P, Hasselquist M, Østergaard M. Pattern of bone erosion and bone proliferation in psoriatic arthritis hands: a high-resolution computed tomography and radiography follow-up study during adalimumab therapy. Scand J Rheumatol 2013; 43:202-8. [DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2013.835865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Axelsen MB, Poggenborg RP, Stoltenberg M, Kubassova O, Boesen M, Hørslev-Petersen K, Bliddal H, Hanson LG, Østergaard M. Reliability and responsiveness of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2012; 42:115-22. [DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2012.723745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The recent introduction of effective therapies in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has increased the demand for efficient tools for diagnosis, monitoring and prognostication of PsA, and has caused an increased research effort within imaging in this disease. The clinical appearance of PsA is very diverse, involving the spine, sacroiliac joints, peripheral joints and/or entheses, and accordingly imaging findings vary. In the present paper, we present a review of the recent advances in imaging in PsA, focusing primarily on ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging of peripheral disease manifestations.
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Axelsen MB, Stoltenberg M, Poggenborg RP, Kubassova O, Boesen M, Bliddal H, Hørslev-Petersen K, Hanson LG, Østergaard M. Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging allows accurate assessment of the synovial inflammatory activity in rheumatoid arthritis knee joints: a comparison with synovial histology. Scand J Rheumatol 2012; 41:89-94. [DOI: 10.3109/03009742.2011.608375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A case of severe amlodipine overdose with only mild symptoms is described. Plasma concentrations of amlodipine were measured in serial samples by gas chromatography. There was no concomitant overdose. The present case is compared with previous reported cases of amlodipine overdose where patients all developed severe symptoms. We conclude that amlodipine overdose does not always cause severe symptoms.
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