Magnetic resonance imaging in patients with inflammatory arthritis of the knee.

摘要: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) permits visualization of anatomic structures not appreciated by conventional radiographic and may quantify inflammatory disease its progression with greater sensitivity than available techniques. We therefore compared MRIwith clinical evaluation examination 17 patients arthritis the knee. sought to determine integrity bone, cartilage, menisci, ligaments, joint effusion synovial proliferation. Patients studied had rheumatoid (10patients), juvenile (4patients), ankylosing spondylitis (1 patient), monoarticular (2 patients). In all MRI revealed clinically important abnormalities detected physical or exams. These included proliferative synovitis (13 patients), cartilage thinning erosion (8 bone infarction meniscal injury invagination into patient). Also indicated be quantitatively been on routine X-ray studies-proliferative (12 (7 (11 ligamentous/meniscal damage findings led reassessment staging influenced therapeutic decision for these patients. Thus provides information about disease, a resolution considerably beyond