Peter Mandl, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Irina Geßl, Garifallia Sakellariou, Abhishek Abhishek, Fabio Becce, Nicola Dalbeth, Hang-Korng Ea, Emilio Filippucci, Hilde Berner Hammer, Annamaria Iagnocco, Annette de Thurah, Esperanza Naredo, Sebastien Ottaviani, Tristan Pascart, Fernando Pérez-Ruiz, Irene A Pitsillidou, Fabian Proft, Juergen Rech, Wolfgang A Schmidt, Luca Maria Sconfienza, Lene Terslev, Brigitte Wildner, Pascal Zufferey, Georgios Filippou
OBJECTIVE: To formulate evidence-based recommendations and overarching principles on the use of imaging in the clinical management of crystal-induced arthropathies (CiAs). METHODS: An international task force of 25 rheumatologists, radiologists, methodologists, healthcare professionals and patient research partners from 11 countries was formed according to the EULAR standard operating procedures. Fourteen key questions on the role of imaging in the most common forms of CiA were generated...
February 6, 2024: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases