title: Remitting seronegative symmetric synovitis with pitting edema: scintigraphic and magnetic resonance imaging findings.
abstract: Remitting seronegative symmetric synovitis with pitting edema (RS3PE) was first reported by McCarty et al in 1985 and refers to a rheumatologic set of symptoms with acute onset, with no erosive bone lesions, with seronegative findings, affecting the elderly more frequently, and showing an excellent prognosis with low-dose steroid therapy. Although these characteristics make it possible to differentiate it from rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic polymyalgia, there have been very few reports on the imaging findings. The authors present scintigraphic and magnetic resonance images in a case of RS3PE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenbucho, Japan. takegu@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeguchi
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Keiichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Teruhito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Junpei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikezoe
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sada
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seike
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; C024226:technetium Tc 99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate