Diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging of the forefeet in early rheumatoid arthritis when findings on imaging of the metacarpophalangeal joints of the hands remain normal

Arthritis and Rheumatism
Benedikt OstendorfMatthias Schneider

Abstract

To investigate the diagnostic role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the forefeet in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in whom findings on MR images of the hands are normal and conventional radiographs of the hands and feet do not show erosions. The study group comprised 25 patients with early RA (disease duration of <12 months) in whom erosions were not demonstrated on conventional radiographs of the hands and feet. These patients underwent MRI of the clinically dominant hand to detect signs of arthritis. If results of MRI of the hand were normal according to the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT) RA-MRI scoring system (RAMRIS), MRI of the dominant forefoot was performed. The MRI protocol comprised coronal and sagittal T1-weighted spin-echo (before and after administration of contrast medium), coronal fat-suppressed short tau inversion recovery sequences, coronal and sagittal T2-weighted turbo spin-echo sequences, and axial fat-suppressed T1-weighted spin-echo sequences after administration of contrast medium. MRI of the forefeet was analyzed on the basis of a modified RAMRIS. MRI revealed pathologic findings in the hands of 15 of 25 patients (edema in 9 patients, synovitis in 12, erosi...Continue Reading

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