A ressonância magnética do quadril na avaliação de pacientes com artrite reumatóide: estudo descritivo
OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of MRI as a diagnostic method in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to evaluate the frequency of changes in the hip in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty patients (17 symptomatic and 23 asymptomatic) were evaluated by 1.5 T ma...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2005 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repository: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/2602 |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-39842005000400005 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2602 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Magnetic resonance imaging Hip Rheumatoid arthritis Adult Ressonância magnética Quadril Artrite reumatóide Adulto |
| Summary: | OBJECTIVE: To assess the usefulness of MRI as a diagnostic method in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to evaluate the frequency of changes in the hip in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty patients (17 symptomatic and 23 asymptomatic) were evaluated by 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after intravenous contrast media injection. MRI findings were divided in inflammatory, degenerative, combined (inflammatory and degenerative) and extra-articular changes. RESULTS: The most frequent findings seen were degenerative and extra-articular changes (22.5% each). Inflammatory changes were seen in only five (12.5%) symptomatic patients, four of them with degenerative findings associated (10%). CONCLUSION: The use of MRI of the hip allowed the evaluation of the main articular abnormalities seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The most frequent findings were degenerative and extra-articular changes. Inflammatory findings were seen in only five patients, four of them with degenerative changes associated. |
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