RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Peritenon extensor tendon inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis is an enthesitis-related lesion
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.180856
DO 10.3899/jrheum.180856
A1 Cristina Macía  Villa
A1 Sandra Falcao
A1 Marwin Gutierrez
A1 Julio Medina
A1 Hilde Berner  Hammer
A1 Eugenio De Miguel
YR 2019
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/01/23/jrheum.180856.abstract
AB Objective To analyse the association between enthesitis, synovitis and peritenon extensor tendon inflammation (PTI) in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). Methods PsA patients with swelling of metacarpophalangeal joints were included. Grey scale (GS) and power Doppler (PD) were used for synovitis and PTI ultrasound identification. Madrid Sonographic Enthesis Index (MASEI) was used for enthesitis assessment. PD activity was evaluated using PD item of MASEI and PD OMERACT definition. Results Synovitis had no association with enthesitis. PTI was associated with PD MASEI and PD OMERACT. Only PD OMERACT showed a positive correlation with PTI. Conclusion In PsA, PTI is associated to enthesitis, on contrary to synovitis.