Anterior chest wall examination reviewed

Anterior chest wall involvement is not infrequently observed within inflammatory arthropaties, particularly if one considers seronegative spondyloarthritides and SAPHO syndrome. Physical examination is unreliable and conventional X-rays analysis is an unsatisfactory tool during diagnostic work-up of this region. Scintigraphic techniques yield informations both on the activity and on the anatomical extent of the disease while computerized tomography visualize the elementary lesions, such as erosions, which characterize the process. Moreover, when available, magnetic resonance imaging couple the ability to finely visualize such lesions with the possibility to show early alterations and to characterize the "activity" of the disease, presenting itself as a powerful tool both for diagnosis and follow-up. This review briefly shows the applications of imaging techniques for the evaluation of the anterior chest wall focusing on what has been done in the SAPHO syndrome which can be considered prototypical for this regional involvement since it is the osteo-articular target mainly affected by the disease.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Reumatismo - 54(2002), 1 vom: 16., Seite 52-8

Sprache:

Italienisch

Weiterer Titel:

La semeiotica del massiccio toracico anteriore rivisitata

Beteiligte Personen:

Lo Monaco, A [VerfasserIn]
Santilli, D [VerfasserIn]
Trotta, F [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 29.08.2002

Date Revised 06.11.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM119616041