Can magnetic resonance imaging differentiate undifferentiated arthritis?

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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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Can magnetic resonance imaging differentiate undifferentiated arthritis?

Mikkel Østergaard¹^,2 , Anne Duer¹ and Kim Hørslev-Petersen³

¹Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Hvidovre, Denmark

²Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev, Denmark

³King Christian X's Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases at Graasten, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005, 7:243-245doi:10.1186/ar1844


Published:	13 October 2005

Abstract

A high sensitivity for the detection of inflammatory and destructive changes in inflammatory joint diseases makes magnetic resonance imaging potentially useful for assigning specific diagnoses, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis in arthritides, that remain undifferentiated after conventional clinical, biochemical and radiographic examinations. With recent data as the starting point, the present paper describes the current knowledge on magnetic resonance imaging in the differential diagnosis of undifferentiated arthritis.