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Two localization patterns of vascularity demonstrated
by power Doppler sonography at the suprapatellar recess in knee joints
of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: intracapsular and supracortical |
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| Reiji Kasukawa1 , Atsushi Takahashi1, Yukio Yamadera2,
Isao Takeda1 and Takashi Kanno1 |
(1) Division of Rheumatology, Ohta Nishinouchi
Hospital, 2-5-20 Nishinouchi, Koriyama, 963-8558, Japan
(2) Division of Physiological Examination, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama,
Japan |
Received: 06 October 2003 Accepted: 13 January
2004 |
| Abstract |
| Intraarticular vascularization in 54 knee joints
of 27 patients with rheumatoid arthritis was examined by power Doppler
sonography. Localization of the vascularity at the suprapatellar
recess was classified into two patterns: intracapsular and supracortical.
The patients with supracortical vascularization showed a tendency
to higher grades of synovitis and higher levels of inflammatory laboratory
indices than those with intracapsular vascularization. |
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| Key words |
| Intracapsular vascularity - Knee joint synovitis
- Power Doppler sonography (PDS) - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) -
Supracortical vascularity |
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