[Ultrasound diagnosis of joints and tendons in the body periphery in inflammatory rheumatic diseases].
Possibilities and limits of ultrasound-presentation of the tendons and of the joints in the periphery of the body are shown by way of examples of normal and pathological conditions in the area of the hand and the foot. The margin of erroneous analysis, particularly in the field of ultrasound-diagnostics, of damages of the tendon itself are discussed in detail The article concludes with a critical assessment of the clinical relevance concerning the therapeutic consequences.
Rheumaklinik Oberammergau.
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D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005528:Foot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography
Ultraschalldiagnostik der Gelenke und des Gleitgewebes in der Körperperipherie bei entzündlich-rheumatischen Erkrankungen.