Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
This session will review scanning techniques specific to the hand and wrist to identify sonographic features that can help differentiate between rheumatoid arthritis and peripheral spondyloarthropathy using ultrasound.
Learning Objectives:
Review practical scanning technique of the normal hand and wrist
Identify sonographic features frequently encountered in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Identify sonographic features more frequently encountered in peripheral spondyloarthritis
Recognize key anatomic structures and locations to scan in evaluating for rheumatoid arthritis vs
peripheral spondyloarthropathy
Appraise the importance of clinical association in the interpretation of sonographic findings
Describe scoring systems to grade synovitis and effusion of the hand and wrist joints