Evaluation of Standard and Proposed Reference Values for Entheseal Thickening by Using Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

• Published in: Journal of rheumatology Vol. 50; no. 1; p. 66
• Main Authors: Keenan, Marissa, Solmaz, Dilek, Bakirci, Sibel, Roth, Johannes, Eder, Lihi, Aydin, Sibel Zehra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Enthesopathy - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Reference Values; Tendons - diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography; enthesis; healthy subjects; thickening; ultrasound

Ultrasound (US) is increasingly used to evaluate enthesitis. One of the US features of enthesitis is thickening. However, there is no consensus on how the entheseal thickening needs to be defined, and existing cut-off levels have been criticized for being frequently positive in healthy controls (HCs...