Edoardo Cipolletta, Erica Moscioni, Silvia Sirotti, Jacopo Di Battista, Abhishek Abhishek, Davide Rozza, Anna Zanetti, Greta Carrara, Carlo Alberto Scirè, Walter Grassi, Georgios Filippou, Emilio Filippucci
OBJECTIVE: To develop the optimal US scanning protocol for the diagnosis of CPPD disease. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, consecutive patients with a crystal-proven diagnosis of CPPD disease, and age-, sex-matched disease controls and with a negative synovial fluid analysis were prospectively enrolled in two Italian Institutions. Four rheumatologists, blinded to patients' clinical details, performed US examinations using a standardised scanning protocol including 20 joints (shoulders, elbows, wrists, metacarpophalangeal joints from 2nd to 5th fingers, hips, knees, ankles)...
October 26, 2023: Rheumatology