title: Radiologic investigation of rheumatic diseases.
abstract: This article reviews the current use of the wide variety of imaging modalities now available, presenting the imaging features of common and important causes of acute and chronic rheumatic disorders including juvenile idiopathic arthritis, spondyloarthropathies/enthesitis-related arthritis, sepsis, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 Canada. paul.babyn@sickkids.on.ca
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babyn
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Doria
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications