Power Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of A1 Pulley. A New Target of Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis?

Gianluca Smerilli; Edoardo Cipolletta; Marco Di Carlo; Andrea Di Matteo; Walter Grassi; Emilio Filippucci

doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00204

doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.00204

Power Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of A1 Pulley. A New Target of Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis?

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Frontiers in Medicine3.90

Volume: 7

Published: Jun 5, 2020

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of grey scale and power Doppler (PD) ultrasound (US) features of A1 pulley inflammation in a cohort of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients compared with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Methods: Sixty patients (30 with PsA and 30 with RA) were consecutively enrolled. The main clinimetric indexes were recorded, and US assessment of A1 pulleys from second to fifth fingers bilaterally was carried out. The...