CLINICAL ENCOUNTERS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
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Synovial Erosion
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Thinning of articular cartilage
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Focal bone erosion
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Synovial inflammation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bone erosions may appear early or later during rheumatoid arthritis (RA), causing joint damage and functional impairment. However, in some patients erosions do not occur, even after several years of disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Scoring radiographic findings in rheumatoid arthritis is used as an outcome measure to help estimate the progress of disease. Findings such as erosions, joint-space narrowing, demineralization, malalignment, soft tissue swelling, subluxation, ankylosis and cysts are used in different methods of scoring.
Detailed explanation-3: -Key Facts. Imaging findings in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) reflect the pathophysiology of the disease. Early radiographic findings include fusiform soft tissue swelling and juxtaarticular osteoporosis. Later radiographic findings include malalignment, uniform cartilage space narrowing, and bone erosions.