title: Investigation of Enthesopathy with Ultrasonography and Comparison with Skin Findings in Asymptomatic Psoriatic Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Joint involvement associated with psoriasis is referred to as psoriatic arthritis. A late diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis may cause a variety of morbidities; therefore, an early diagnosis and treatment of psoriatic arthritis are required. Asymptomatic psoriatic arthritis has been found in 8-70% of patients with psoriasis using imaging techniques.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate joint and enthesis regions by ultrasonography in patients with psoriasis without inflammatory joint symptoms to detect subclinical psoriatic arthritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included 50 psoriasis patients and 30 healthy control subjects without joint complaint in this study. Twelve joint regions of all subjects in each group were examined by ultrasonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The presence of any pathological ultrasonography finding (30%) was higher but did not significantly differ in psoriasis patients compared with the control group (13.33%; p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although statistically not significant, the pathological ultrasonography findings were approximately twofold more common in patients with psoriasis compared with the control group. Therefore, the development of psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis should be more closely followed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Prof. Dr. A. x0130;lhan x00D6;zdemir State Hospital, Giresun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Işıl Deniz
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Oğuz
authors.forename: Ülker
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.forename: Salih Süha
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Koparal
authors.forename: Tağmaç
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deren
authors.forename: Seray
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Külcü Çakmak
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015535:Arthritis, Psoriatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001706:Biopsy; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D000070676:Enthesopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*