| Literature DB >> 1929584 |
D G Macfarlane1, J C Buckland-Wright, P Emery, I Fogelman, B Clark, J Lynch.
Abstract
Simultaneous clinical, scintigraphic, and macroradiographic assessments were carried out on 32 patients with hand osteoarthritis and the results at entry and one year reported. The presence and growth of osteophyte correlated with symptoms and a positive scan. The scan did not detect the radiographic features of juxta-articular radiolucencies, subchondral sclerosis, or cartilage thinning. Osteophytes, particularly when fast growing, produce pain, a 'hot' scan, and may predict disintegration of joint architecture.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1929584 PMCID: PMC1004505 DOI: 10.1136/ard.50.9.623
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Rheum Dis ISSN: 0003-4967 Impact factor: 19.103