Objective To assess the findings of contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) of carotid arteries
in patients with large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and to compare them with those observed …

Objective. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of colour duplex sonography (CDS)-guided
temporal artery biopsy (TAB) for the diagnosis of GCA in patients with …

Objective. The purpose of the ULISSE study was to evaluate the prevalence of clinical and
ultrasonographic (US) entheseal involvement in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), psoriasis…

Objective Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, progressive, and disabling disease, but
the diagnosis is often missed and markedly delayed. An early diagnosis is important to …

Objective To assess the prevalence of joint involvement in consecutive patients with systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) by means of clinical assessment, joint US and MRI and to …

Objective. To assess the findings of temporal artery colour duplex sonography (CDS) in GCA
characterized by a histological pattern of periadventitial small vessel vasculitis (SVV) and/…

Dactylitis, one of the most typical features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), is the diffuse swelling of
the digits and is determined by the involvement of different anatomic structures, including: …

Objective Despite diffuse digital swelling, dactylitis may sometimes be asymptomatic. The
objective of this study was to compare the clinical and ultrasonographic features of …

The aims of our study were to investigate the prevalence of ultrasound (US) pathologic
abnormalities and to compare them with the clinical findings in the knee of rheumatoid arthritis (…

Objectives Dactylitis is one of the most typical features of psoriatic arthritis (PsA), with a high
lifetime prevalence and inclusion in PsA clinical indices. Musculoskeletal ultrasonography (…