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Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Review of MRI and Sonographic Findings

¹ Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille and Hôpital Roger Salengro, CHRU de Lille, Blvd. du Pr. J Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France.
² Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille and Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille, France.
³ Department of Anatomy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille and Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille, France.

OBJECTIVE. The introduction of anti–tumor necrosis factor agents has opened new prospects in therapeutic management of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, thereby creating new demands on radiologists to identify patients with aggressive disease at an early stage. As a result, imaging techniques such as MRI and sonography have developed during the past few years.

CONCLUSION. This article illustrates the imaging findings that may be encountered with these techniques in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.

Keywords: extremities • hand • MRI • musculoskeletal imaging • power Doppler sonography • rheumatoid arthritis • sonography • wrist

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