Table 2

Source material for review: articles dealing with MRI examination of PsA
First author [ref.]
 Year
 Study typea
 Description
 PsA patients who underwent MRI (n)
 MRI field strength (T)
Antoni [3]
 2002
 1
 Open-label study of infliximab in PsA; dynamic MRI of hands or feet
 10
 1.5
Backhaus [4]
 1999
 2
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis; MRI of hands
 9
 0.2
Bollow [5]
 1995
 2
 SpA patients; MRI of sacroiliac joints
 Not stated
 1.5
Bollow [6]
 2000
 2
 SpA patients; biopsies compared with MRI of sacroiliac joints
 2
 1.5
Bongartz [7]
 2005
 5
 Psoriatic onycho-pachydermo periostitis; MRI evaluation
 1
 Not stated
Cantini [8]
 2001
 4
 Distal pitting oedema; MRI evaluation
 7
 0.5
Cimmino [9]
 2005
 4
 PsA and RA patients; dynamic MRI of wrists
 15
 0.2
Giovagnoni [10]
 1995
 2
 PsA and RA patients; MRI of hands
 28
 1.0
Godfrin [11]
 2003
 3
 SpA patients with entheseal pain; MRI of entheses
 5
 1.5
Jevtic [12]
 1995
 2
 RA and SpA patients; MRI of hands
 6
 2.3
Maillefert [13]
 2003
 3
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis; MRI of hindfoot
 1
 1.5
McGonagle [14]
 1998
 2
 SpA and RA patients with knee effusion; MRI evaluation
 3
 0.5 and 1.5
McGonagle [15]
 2002
 2
 Patients with plantar fasciitis (SpA and mechanical); MRI of entheses
 4
 0.5 and 1.5
Melchiorre [16]
 2003
 2
 PsA and RA patients; MRI of temporomandibular joint
 11
 0.5
Muche [17]
 2003
 2
 SpA patients; MRI of sacroiliac joints
 5
 1.5
Offidani [18]
 1998
 4
 Patients with psoriasis and no joint pain; MRI of hands
 25
 1.0
Olivieri [19]
 1996
 2
 SpA patients with dactylitis; MRI of fingers
 Not stated
 0.5
Olivieri [20]
 1997
 2
 SpA patients with dactylitis of the toes; MRI of toes
 6
 0.5
Olivieri [21]
 2002
 2
 PsA patients with dactylitis of the fingers; MRI of fingers
 6
 1.5
Olivieri [22]
 2003
 5
 PsA Patient with dactylitis of fingers; MRI of fingers
 1
 Not stated
Padula [23]
 1998
 5
 Patients with dactylitis; MRI evaluation
 2
 Not stated
Padula [24]
 1999
 5
 Patient with psoriasis and tenosynovitis; MRI evaluation
 1
 Not stated
Salvarani [25]
 1999
 5
 Patients with peripheral pitting oedema; MRI evaluation
 2
 Not stated
Savnik [26]
 2001
 2
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis; high field versus low field MRI of wrists and fingers
 Not stated
 0.2 and 1.5
Savnik [27]
 2001
 2
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis (RA and SpA); MRI of wrists and fingers
 8
 1.5
Savnik [28]
 2002
 3
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis (RA and SpA); MRI of wrists and fingers, at baseline and after 1 year
 Not stated
 0.2 and 1.5
Taylor [29]
 1997
 5
 PsA patient with enthesitis of elbow; MRI evaluation
 1
 Not stated
Tehranzadeh [30]
 2004
 2
 Patients with inflammatory arthritis; MRI of hand evaluated for large bony lesions
 7
 1.5
Tuzun [31]
 1996
 5
 Psoriatic spondylitis mimicking spinal brucellosis; MRI of spine
 1
 Not stated
Williamson [32]
 2004
 2
 PsA patients with clinical features of sacroiliitis; MRI of sacroiliac joints
 68
 1.0

a1, Clinical trial; 2, Observational, cross-sectional; 3, Observational, longitudinal; 4, Case-control; 5, Case report. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SpA, spondyloarthropathy.

McQueen et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:207   doi:10.1186/ar1934