Ultrasound Study of Entheses and Small Joints of Hands and Feet in Patients With Atypical Form of Psoriasis

University Hospital, Brest50 enrolled

Overview

Systematic study of the ultrasound infringements of tendons chest expanders of entheses the most involved in spondylarthropathies and small joints of hands and feet in expanding patients of psoriasis to estimate if there is an infra-clinical infringement of the psoriasic rheumatism .

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Ultrasound in Patients With Atypical Shape of Psoriasis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years * Atypical psoriasis of the scalp and / or nails and / or psoriasis of folds * Patient agreeing to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Psoriatic arthritis * Rheumatic pain * Arthritis * Joint Trauma in hands, elbows knees, feet * Current treatment with methotrexate, soriatane, cyclosporine, corticosteroids * Current treatment with biological therapy (anti-TNF, anti IL 12-23) * Previous history of rheumatic disease: inflammatory, microcrystalline, osteoarthritis * Patients in physical or mental incapacity to agree

Locations (1)

CHRU de Brest

Brest, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Infra clinical infringements of the entheses

Measurement of the thickness in millimeters (mm) in anteroposterior diameter of each entheses (quadricipatal tendon, calcaneal tendon and plantar aponeurosis)

Time frame: 1 year

Infra clinical infringements of the nails

Measurement mm of the nail plate and matrix of the nail. It will be evaluate by using power Doppler the vascularisation in 3 grades of the nail ( grade 0=normal, grade 1=moderate vascularisation , grade 3:= abnormal vascularisation)

Time frame: 1 year

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