PMID- 32582725
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 2296-858X (Print)
IS  - 2296-858X (Electronic)
IS  - 2296-858X (Linking)
VI  - 7
DP  - 2020
TI  - Power Doppler Ultrasound Assessment of A1 Pulley. A New Target of Inflammation in 
      Psoriatic Arthritis?
PG  - 204
LID - 10.3389/fmed.2020.00204 [doi]
LID - 204
AB  - Objective: To determine the prevalence of grey scale and power Doppler (PD) 
      ultrasound (US) features of A1 pulley inflammation in a cohort of psoriatic 
      arthritis (PsA) patients compared with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. 
      Methods: Sixty patients (30 with PsA and 30 with RA) were consecutively enrolled. 
      The main clinimetric indexes were recorded, and US assessment of A1 pulleys from 
      second to fifth fingers bilaterally was carried out. The presence of A1 pulley 
      inflammation, defined as PD signal within a thickened pulley, was registered. 
      Results: A1 pulley inflammation was found in 15 of 240 fingers (6.3%) of eight 
      PsA patients (26.7%) and in one of 240 fingers (0.4%) of one RA patient (3.3%) (p 
      < 0.01 and p = 0.03, respectively). Seven of eight PsA patients (88%) with at 
      least one inflamed A1 pulley had a moderate/high disease activity score. The 
      regression linear analysis (R (2) = 0.36, adjusted R (2) = 0.31) showed that A1 
      pulley inflammation was correlated with Disease Activity Index for Psoriatic 
      Arthritis (DAPSA) (beta = 0.43, p = 0.03). Conclusion: US A1 pulley inflammation 
      appears to be relatively common at patient level in PsA, seems to be a 
      characteristic feature of PsA compared to RA, and correlates with DAPSA.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Smerilli, Cipolletta, Di Carlo, Di Matteo, Grassi and 
      Filippucci.
FAU - Smerilli, Gianluca
AU  - Smerilli G
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
FAU - Cipolletta, Edoardo
AU  - Cipolletta E
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
FAU - Di Carlo, Marco
AU  - Di Carlo M
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
FAU - Di Matteo, Andrea
AU  - Di Matteo A
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
AD  - Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, 
      Leeds, United Kingdom.
FAU - Grassi, Walter
AU  - Grassi W
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
FAU - Filippucci, Emilio
AU  - Filippucci E
AD  - Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic 
      University of Marche, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Ancona, Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200605
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Med (Lausanne)
JT  - Frontiers in medicine
JID - 101648047
PMC - PMC7290420
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - annular pulley
OT  - diagnostic imaging
OT  - psoriatic arthritis
OT  - rheumatoid arthritis
OT  - ultrasonography
EDAT- 2020/06/26 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/26 06:01
PMCR- 2020/06/05
CRDT- 2020/06/26 06:00
PHST- 2020/03/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/04/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/05 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fmed.2020.00204 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Jun 5;7:204. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.00204. eCollection 
      2020.