MRI findings in psoriatic arthritis of the hands.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this essay is to provide a practical review of the spectrum of morphologic and functional MRI findings in psoriatic arthritis of the hand joints.


CONCLUSIONS
The MRI findings of psoriatic arthritis include enthesitis, bone marrow edema, and periostitis accompanying articular or flexor tendon sheath synovitis in the early stage accompanied by destructive and proliferative bony changes, subluxation, and ankylosis in the late stage.
Spira
Daniel
D
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany.
Kötter
Ina
I
Henes
Jörg
J
Kümmerle-Deschner
Jasmin
J
Schulze
Maximilian
M
Boss
Andreas
A
Horger
Marius
M
D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D003287:Contrast Media; D050823:Hand Joints / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013113:Spin Labels
D003287:Contrast Media; D013113:Spin Labels