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To compare clinical examination and ultrasonography in detecting joint synovitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

October 29, 2009Arthritis Care & ResearchOpen Access

Comparison of clinical versus ultrasound‐determined synovitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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To compare clinical examination and ultrasonography in detecting joint synovitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Assessed 52 joints per patient across 32 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (1,664 total joints).
Conducted physical evaluations by two pediatric rheumatologists for swelling, tenderness/pain on motion, and restricted motion.
Performed independent ultrasound scans by an experienced sonographer assessing synovial hyperplasia, joint effusion, and power Doppler signal.
Ultrasound identified synovitis in 167 joints (10.0%) compared to 104 joints (6.3%) detected by clinical examination.
Subclinical synovitis was detected by ultrasound in 86 of 1,560 clinically normal joints (5.5%).
Ultrasound findings led to reclassifying 5 patients as having polyarthritis who were clinically evaluated as having oligoarthritis or no active synovitis.

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Cross-sectional study shows ultrasound detects more synovitis than clinical exam in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, suggesting imaging improves disease classification.

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Magni‐Manzoni et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a08a357ab15ea61dee8fc1e https://doi.org/10.1002/art.24823

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Cross-sectional study shows ultrasound detects more synovitis than clinical exam in juvenile idiopathic arthritis, suggesting imaging improves disease classification.

Comparison of clinical versus ultrasound‐determined synovitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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Comparison of clinical versus ultrasound‐determined synovitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

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