Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune rheumatic diseases, affecting one in 100 individuals worldwide. It is considered a complex systemic multifactorial inflammatory process in which the immune system targets synovial joints and causes mild to severe joint destruction with extra-articular manifestations. If left untreated, RA leads to deformity, considerable disability, and major comorbid conditions, including cardiovascular disease and increased mortality. Early treatment with targeted therapies can alter long-term outcomes by minimizing disease activity, preventing joint damage and disability, and improving patients' quality of life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Ultrasound examination on the hand
Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
Diagnostic performance of Ultrasound in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand
detecting hand ultrasound findings in 30 patients with clinical manifestations suggesting Rheumatoid Arthritis (including synovial thickening, joint effusion, tenosynovitis, bone erosions) particularly in early disease activity, reporting the collected data to assess aspects of strength and weakness of ultrasound use in those patients
Time frame: 3 months
Nahla M A, assistant professor
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